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árchú
árchú
Irish
Noun
árchú m, f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)
- (literary) fierce dog, ‘warhound’
- war-dog, warrior
Declension
Declension of árchú
Irregular
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| árchú | n-árchú | hárchú | t-árchú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "árchú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “árchú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- archú
Etymology
From ár (“slaughter, carnage”) + cú (“dog, hound”).
Noun
árchú n, m (genitive árchon)
- war-hound, slaughter-hound
- watchdog
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| árchú | unchanged | n-árchú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “árchú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.