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Definition 2024
airceasach
airceasach
Irish
Adjective
airceasach (genitive singular masculine airceasaigh, genitive singular feminine airceasaí, plural airceasacha, comparative airceasaí)
- Alternative form of airceach (“voracious; needy”)
Declension
Declension of airceasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airceasach | airceasach¹ | airceasacha³ | |
| Vocative | airceasaigh¹ | airceasach¹ | airceasacha | |
| Genitive | airceasaigh¹ | airceasaí (obsolete) airceasaighe |
airceasacha | airceasach |
| Dative | airceasach² | airceasach¹ (archaic) airceasaigh¹ |
airceasacha³ | |
| Comparative | airceasaí (obsolete) airceasaighe |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airceasach | n-airceasach | hairceasach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airceas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.