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aicearrach
aicearrach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
aicearrach (genitive singular masculine aicearraigh, genitive singular feminine aicearraí, plural aicearracha, comparative aicearraí)
Declension
Declension of aicearrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aicearrach | aicearrach¹ | aicearracha³ | |
| Vocative | aicearraigh¹ | aicearrach¹ | aicearracha | |
| Genitive | aicearraigh¹ | aicearraí (obsolete) aicearraighe |
aicearracha | aicearrach |
| Dative | aicearrach² | aicearrach¹ (archaic) aicearraigh¹ |
aicearracha³ | |
| Comparative | aicearraí (obsolete) aicearraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)
- aicearracht f (“shortness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aicearrach | n-aicearrach | haicearrach | t-aicearrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aicearrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aithgirrach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “aithgerr” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.