aicearrach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish aithgirrach, an alternative form of aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). By surface analysis, aicearra + -ach.
Adjective edit
aicearrach (genitive singular masculine aicearraigh, genitive singular feminine aicearraí, plural aicearracha, comparative aicearraí)
Declension edit
Declension of aicearrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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 edit
- aicearracht f (“shortness”)
- aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aicearrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithgirrach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithgerr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language