Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aithgirra (shortness, brevity; short cut), from aithgerr (very short, very brief, adjective).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aicearra m or f (genitive singular aicearra, nominative plural aicearraí)

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    Synonyms: bealach aic, cóngar
    (proverb) Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-aicearra.The longest way round is the shortest way home.
  2. abridgement

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Mutation

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

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  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 393 fn. 1 (p. 189) and p. 298

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