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airgtheach
airgtheach
Irish
Adjective
airgtheach (genitive singular masculine airgthigh, genitive singular feminine airgthí, plural airgtheacha, comparative airgthí)
Declension
Declension of airgtheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airgtheach | airgtheach¹ | airgtheacha³ | |
| Vocative | airgthigh¹ | airgtheach¹ | airgtheacha | |
| Genitive | airgthigh¹ | airgthí (obsolete) airgthighe |
airgtheacha | airgtheach |
| Dative | airgtheach² | airgtheach¹ (archaic) airgthigh¹ |
airgtheacha³ | |
| Comparative | airgthí (obsolete) airgthighe |
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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.
Etymology 2
Noun
airgtheach m (genitive singular airgthigh, nominative plural airgthigh)
- Alternative form of argthóir (“destroyer, plunderer”)
Declension
Declension of airgtheach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airgtheach | n-airgtheach | hairgtheach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "airgtheach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 aircthech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.