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aithghiorrach
aithghiorrach
Irish
Adjective
aithghiorrach (genitive singular masculine aithghiorraigh, genitive singular feminine aithghiorraí, plural aithghiorracha, comparative aithghiorraí)
- Alternative form of aicearrach (“short”)
Declension
Declension of aithghiorrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aithghiorrach | aithghiorrach¹ | aithghiorracha³ | |
| Vocative | aithghiorraigh¹ | aithghiorrach¹ | aithghiorracha | |
| Genitive | aithghiorraigh¹ | aithghiorraí (obsolete) aithghiorraighe |
aithghiorracha | aithghiorrach |
| Dative | aithghiorrach² | aithghiorrach¹ (archaic) aithghiorraigh¹ |
aithghiorracha³ | |
| Comparative | aithghiorraí (obsolete) aithghiorraighe |
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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 |
| aithghiorrach | n-aithghiorrach | haithghiorrach | t-aithghiorrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aithghiorra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.