Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aithrigech (penitent), from aithrige (penance, repentance).[1] By surface analysis, aithrí (penance; repentance) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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aithríoch (genitive singular masculine aithríoch, genitive singular feminine aithríche, plural aithríocha, comparative aithríche)

  1. penitent

Declension

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Noun

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aithríoch m (genitive singular aithrígh, nominative plural aithrígh)

  1. penitent

Declension

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Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrigech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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