alchaing

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish alchaing, from al + cuing.

Noun

alchaing f (genitive singular alchainge, nominative plural alchaingí)

1. (literary) rack (for weapons, utensils, etc.)

Declension

Declension of alchaing

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative alchaing alchaingí Vocative a alchaing a alchaingí Genitive alchainge alchaingí Dative alchaing alchaingí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an alchaing na halchaingí Genitive na halchainge na n-alchaingí Dative leis an alchaing don alchaing leis na halchaingí

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alchaing”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “alchaing”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language