aileach

aileach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ailech, collective of ail (“boulder, rock”).

Noun

aileach m (genitive singular ailigh)

1. (literary) rocky place, rock

Declension

Declension of aileach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative aileach Vocative a ailigh Genitive ailigh Dative aileach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-aileach Genitive an ailigh Dative leis an aileach don aileach

Noun

aileach f sg

1. genitive singular of ail (“stone, rock”)

Mutation

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

References

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