airceach

See also: Aircéach

Irish

Alternative forms

• airceasach

Etymology

From airc (“greed, voracity; want”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airceach (genitive singular masculine aircigh, genitive singular feminine aircí, plural airceacha, comparative aircí)

1. voracious
2. needy

Declension

Declension of airceach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	airceach	airceach	airceacha
Vocative	aircigh		airceacha
Genitive		aircí	airceacha	airceach
Dative	airceach	airceach; aircigh (archaic)	airceacha
Comparative	níos aircí
Superlative	is aircí

Derived terms

• airceachán m (“voracious eater”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN