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aichear
aichear
Irish
Adjective
aichear (genitive singular masculine aichir, genitive singular feminine aichre, plural aicheara, comparative aichre)
Declension
Declension of aichear
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aichear | aichear¹ | aicheara³ | |
| Vocative | aichir¹ | aichear¹ | aicheara | |
| Genitive | aichir¹ | aichre | aicheara | aichear |
| Dative | aichear² | aichear¹; (archaic) aichir¹ |
aicheara³ | |
| Comparative | aichre | |||
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
- aichre f (“sharpness, keenness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aichear | n-aichear | haichear | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aichear" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.