aireach
See also: àireach
Irish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Old Irish airech (“heedful, attentive, cautious”), from aire (“act of guarding, watching over, tending, caring for”); synchronically aire (“care, attention; heed, notice”) + -ach.
Adjective
aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)
- careful, attentive
- vigilant
- Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach
Declension
Declension of aireach
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
Etymology 2
Noun
aireach m
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
aireach | n-aireach | haireach | 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) “aireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28