aicearrach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aichearrach, aithghiorrach
Etymology
From Old Irish aithgirrach, an alternative form of aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). Synchronically analyzable as aicearra + -ach.
Adjective
aicearrach (genitive singular masculine aicearraigh, genitive singular feminine aicearraí, plural aicearracha, comparative aicearraí)
- short
Declension
Declension of aicearrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aicearrach | aicearrach | aicearracha | |
| Vocative | aicearraigh | aicearracha | ||
| Genitive | aicearraí | aicearracha | aicearrach | |
| Dative | aicearrach | aicearrach; aicearraigh (archaic) | aicearracha | |
| Comparative | níos aicearraí | |||
| Superlative | is aicearraí | |||
Related terms
- aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)
- aicearracht f (“shortness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aicearrach | n-aicearrach | haicearrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aicearrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aithgirrach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aithgerr”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN