árchú
Irish
editEtymology
editNoun
editárchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)
Declension
editDeclension of árchú
- Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of árchú
Mutation
editIrish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
árchú | n-árchú | hárchú | t-árchú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “árchú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “árchú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Old Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ár (“slaughter, carnage”) + cú (“dog, hound”).
Noun
editárchú n or m (genitive árchon)
- war-hound, slaughter-hound
- watchdog
Inflection
editMasculine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | árchú | árchoinL | árchoin |
Vocative | árchú | árchoinL | árchonaH |
Accusative | árchoinN | árchoinL | árchonaH |
Genitive | árchon | árchonL | árchonN |
Dative | árchoinL, árchúL | árchonaib | árchonaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
|
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
árchú (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-árchú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- ga:Dogs
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- Old Irish compound terms
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- Old Irish neuter nouns
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