airchinneach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish airchinnech (“head, leader, superior”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno- (“extremity, end”); see *kʷennom (“head”).

Noun

airchinneach m (genitive singular airchinnigh, nominative plural airchinnigh)

  1. (historical) hereditary steward of church lands

Declension

Declension of airchinneach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative airchinneach airchinnigh
vocative a airchinnigh a airchinneacha
genitive airchinnigh airchinneach
dative airchinneach airchinnigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-airchinneach na hairchinnigh
genitive an airchinnigh na n-airchinneach
dative leis an airchinneach
don airchinneach 		leis na hairchinnigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of airchinneach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airchinneach n-airchinneach hairchinneach not applicable

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

References

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