airceach

See also: Aircéach

Irish

Alternative forms

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
Positive singular plural
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

Descendants

  • Yola: arkagh

Mutation

Mutated forms of airceach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airceach n-airceach hairceach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading