aicearra

aicearra

Irish

Alternative forms

• aichearra f
• aithghiorra

Etymology

From Old Irish aithgirra (“shortness, brevity; short cut”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective).

Noun

aicearra m or f (genitive singular aicearra, nominative plural aicearraí)

1. shortcut

   (proverb)

   Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-aicearra. ― The longest way round is the shortest way home.

2. abridgement

Declension

Declension of aicearra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aicearra aicearraí Vocative a aicearra a aicearraí Genitive aicearra aicearraí Dative aicearra aicearraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aicearra na haicearraí Genitive an aicearra na n-aicearraí Dative leis an aicearra don aicearra leis na haicearraí

Alternative declension

Declension of aicearra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aicearra aicearraí Vocative a aicearra a aicearraí Genitive aicearra aicearraí Dative aicearra aicearraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aicearra na haicearraí Genitive na haicearra na n-aicearraí Dative leis an aicearra don aicearra leis na haicearraí

Derived terms

• aicearrach (“short”, adjective)
• aicearracht f (“shortness”)

Related terms

• aithghearr

Mutation

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

References

• "aicearra" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “aithgirra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.