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Definition 2024
aerach
aerach
Irish
Adjective
aerach (genitive singular masculine aeraigh, genitive singular feminine aeraí, plural aeracha, comparative aeraí)
Declension
Declension of aerach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aerach | aerach¹ | aeracha³ | |
| Vocative | aeraigh¹ | aerach¹ | aeracha | |
| Genitive | aeraigh¹ | aeraí (obsolete) aeraighe |
aeracha | aerach |
| Dative | aerach² | aerach¹ (archaic) aeraigh¹ |
aeracha³ | |
| Comparative | aeraí (obsolete) aeraighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
- (homosexual): bán, homaighnéasach
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aerach | n-aerach | haerach | t-aerach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aerach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aerach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.