aicearracht

Irish

Alternative forms

aichearracht, aithghiorracht

Etymology

From Old Irish aithgerracht f (“shortening”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). Synchronically analyzable as aicearra +‎ -acht.

Noun

aicearracht f (genitive singular aicearrachta, nominative plural aicearrachtaí)

shortness

Declension

Declension of aicearracht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aicearracht	aicearrachtaí
Vocative	a aicearracht	a aicearrachtaí
Genitive	aicearrachta	aicearrachtaí
Dative	aicearracht	aicearrachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an aicearracht	na haicearrachtaí
Genitive	na haicearrachta	na n-aicearrachtaí
Dative	leis an aicearracht don aicearracht	leis na haicearrachtaí

Derived terms

in aicearracht (“soon, without delay”, adverb)

Related terms

aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)
aicearrach (“short”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

"aicearracht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aithgerracht”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN