airceachán

Irish

Alternative forms

• arcachán

Etymology

From airceach (“voracious”) +‎ -án.

Noun

airceachán m (genitive singular airceacháin, nominative plural airceacháin)

1. voracious eater

   Synonyms: alpaire, gainéan, gionachán, peasánach, slamaire

Declension

Declension of airceachán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative airceachán airceacháin Vocative a airceacháin a airceachána Genitive airceacháin airceachán Dative airceachán airceacháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airceachán na hairceacháin Genitive an airceacháin na n-airceachán Dative leis an airceachán don airceachán leis na hairceacháin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airceachán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “airceachán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.