aorach

Irish

Etymology

From aor (“satirize, lampoon”, verb) or aoir (“lampoon, satire”, noun) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aorach (genitive singular masculine aoraigh, genitive singular feminine aoraí, plural aoracha, comparative aoraí)

1. satiric, satirical

Declension

Declension of aorach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aorach	aorach	aoracha
Vocative	aoraigh		aoracha
Genitive		aoraí	aoracha	aorach
Dative	aorach	aorach; aoraigh (archaic)	aoracha
Comparative	níos aoraí
Superlative	is aoraí

Derived terms

• aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)

Related terms

• aoir (“lampoon, satire”)
• aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aorach	n-aorach	haorach	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) “aorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aorach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aorach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024