aerbhac

Irish

Etymology

From aer- (“air”) +‎ bac (“barrier”).

Noun

aerbhac m (genitive singular aerbhaic, nominative plural aerbhaic)

1. air-lock

Declension

Declension of aerbhac

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aerbhac aerbhaic Vocative a aerbhaic a aerbhaca Genitive aerbhaic aerbhac Dative aerbhac aerbhaic

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aerbhac na haerbhaic Genitive an aerbhaic na n-aerbhac Dative leis an aerbhac don aerbhac leis na haerbhaic

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aerbhac	n-aerbhac	haerbhac	t-aerbhac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aerbhac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “airlock”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aerbhac”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm