arracht

Irish

Alternative forms

• arrachta, arrachtach, arrachtaí

Etymology

From Old Irish arracht (“idol, idolatrous image; apparition, spectre, monster”).

Noun

arracht m (genitive singular arrachta, nominative plural arrachtaí)

1. specter, monster
2. giant

Declension

Declension of arracht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative arracht arrachtaí Vocative a arracht a arrachtaí Genitive arrachta arrachtaí Dative arracht arrachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-arracht na harrachtaí Genitive an arrachta na n-arrachtaí Dative leis an arracht don arracht leis na harrachtaí

Derived terms

• arrachtach (“monstrous; grotesque; huge, powerful”, adjective)
• arrachtas m (“grotesqueness; brawn, strength”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 arracht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “arracht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024