Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish árchú.
Noun
árchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)
- (literary) fierce dog, ‘warhound’
- war-dog, warrior
Declension
Declension of árchú (irregular)
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- Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of árchú (irregular)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of árchú
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| árchú
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n-árchú
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hárchú
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t-árchú
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “árchú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “árchú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Old Irish
Etymology
From ár (“slaughter, carnage”) + cú (“dog, hound”).
Noun
árchú n or m (genitive árchon)
- war-hound, slaughter-hound
- watchdog
Inflection
Masculine n-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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árchú
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árchoinL
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árchoin
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| vocative
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árchú
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árchoinL
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árchonaH
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| accusative
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árchoinN
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árchoinL
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árchonaH
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| genitive
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árchon
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árchonL
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árchonN
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| dative
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árchoinL, árchúL
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árchonaib
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árchonaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
Mutation of árchú
| radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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árchú
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
árchú |
n-árchú
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading