airitheach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From airithe (past participle of airigh (“perceive, sense”)) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
airitheach (genitive singular masculine airithigh, genitive singular feminine airithí, plural airitheacha, comparative airithí)
- perceptive
- Alternative form of aireach (“careful, attentive; vigilant”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of airitheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | airitheach | airitheach | airitheacha | |
| Vocative | airithigh | airitheacha | ||
| Genitive | airithí | airitheacha | airitheach | |
| Dative | airitheach | airitheach; airithigh (archaic) |
airitheacha | |
| Comparative | níos airithí | |||
| Superlative | is airithí | |||
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| airitheach | n-airitheach | hairitheach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN