árchú
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
árchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)
Declension edit
Declension of árchú
- Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of árchú
Mutation edit
Irish 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
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “árchú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From ár (“slaughter, carnage”) + cú (“dog, hound”).
Noun edit
árchú n or m (genitive árchon)
- war-hound, slaughter-hound
- watchdog
Inflection edit
Masculine 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:
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Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
árchú | unchanged | n-árchú |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language