airc
See also: áirc
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾʲc/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish airc (“greed, desire; difficulty, strait”).
Noun
airc f (genitive singular airce)
- greed, voracity
- want
Declension
Declension of airc
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms
- airceas m
Derived terms
- airceach (“voracious; needy”, adjective)
Noun
airc m
- genitive singular of arc
- nominative plural of arc
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airc | n-airc | hairc | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "airc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 airc (‘difficulty, strait’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 airc (‘greed, desire’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish airc (“difficulty, strait”).
Noun
airc f (genitive singular airce, plural aircean)
- destitution, distress, need, poverty, necessity
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
airc | n-airc | h-airc | t-airc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “1 airc (‘difficulty, strait’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.