-acha

See also: acha, achá, āchà, and āchā

Irish

Etymology

Originally the Old Irish accusative and vocative plural ending of k-stem nouns. For example Old Irish cathair/cathir, plural cathracha → Irish cathair, plural cathracha.

Suffix

-acha

1. Ending of the plural of certain nouns.

Old Irish

Suffix

-acha

1. inflection of -ach:
   1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
   2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Spanish

Suffix

-acha f (noun-forming suffix, plural -achas)

1. Alternative form of -acho

Usage notes

• Used especially after feminine nouns. Compare -acho.

Further reading

• “-acho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014