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aireach
aireach
See also: àireach
Irish
Adjective
aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)
Declension
Declension of aireach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aireach | aireach¹ | aireacha³ | |
| Vocative | airigh¹ | aireach¹ | aireacha | |
| Genitive | airigh¹ | airí (obsolete) airighe |
aireacha | aireach |
| Dative | aireach² | aireach¹ (archaic) airigh¹ |
aireacha³ | |
| Comparative | airí (obsolete) airighe |
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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.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Noun
aireach m
- genitive singular of aire (“nobleman”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aireach | n-aireach | haireach | t-aireach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 28.
- "aireach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.