aireach

See also: àireach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airech, from aire (“freeman, noble”). By surface analysis, aire +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)

  1. careful, attentive
  2. vigilant
    Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach
Declension
Declension of aireach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aireach aireach aireacha
vocative airigh aireacha
genitive airí aireacha aireach
dative aireach aireach;
airigh (archaic) 		aireacha
Comparative níos airí
Superlative is airí
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
  • aireachas (“attention, vigilance”)
  • mí-aireach (“careless, inattentive”)
  • neamh-aireach (“inattentive, careless”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aireach m

  1. genitive singular of aire (“nobleman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aireach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aireach n-aireach haireach 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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28
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