aireach
See also: àireach
Irish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Irish airech, from aire (“freeman, noble”). By surface analysis, aire + -ach.
Adjective
editaireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)
- careful, attentive
- vigilant
- Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach
Declension
edit| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | aireach | aireach | aireacha | |
| vocative | airigh | aireacha | ||
| genitive | airí | aireacha | aireach | |
| dative | aireach | aireach; airigh (archaic) |
aireacha | |
| Comparative | níos airí | |||
| Superlative | is airí | |||
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
edit- anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
- aireachas (“attention, vigilance”)
- mí-aireach (“careless, inattentive”)
- neamh-aireach (“inattentive, careless”)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editaireach m
Mutation
edit| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aireach | n-aireach | haireach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
edit- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28