athrach

athrach

See also: áthrach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aitherrach (“act of repeating; repetition; act of changing, altering; change; a change of, hence a different, another; diversity, variety”), verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“repeats, reiterates; changes; changes for the better, emends, improves”).

Noun

athrach m (genitive singular athraigh)

1. change, alteration
2. alternative

Declension

Declension of athrach

First declension

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

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

Alternative forms

• aithearrach
• áthrach

Noun

athrach f sg

1. genitive singular of athair (“creeper”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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