aicearrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• aichearrach, aithghiorrach

Etymology

From Old Irish aithgirrach, an alternative form of aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). By surface analysis, aicearra +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aicearrach (genitive singular masculine aicearraigh, genitive singular feminine aicearraí, plural aicearracha, comparative aicearraí)

1. short

Declension

Declension of aicearrach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aicearrach	aicearrach	aicearracha
Vocative	aicearraigh		aicearracha
Genitive		aicearraí	aicearracha	aicearrach
Dative	aicearrach	aicearrach; aicearraigh (archaic)	aicearracha
Comparative	níos aicearraí
Superlative	is aicearraí

Related terms

• aicearracht f (“shortness”)
• aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)

 

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aicearrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgirrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgerr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language