aireaghdha
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish airegdae (“excellent, pre- eminent, notable; principal, leading, first”), from aire (“noble, chief”).
Adjective
aireaghdha
- (literary) noble, pre-eminent
Mutation
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| aireaghdha | n-aireaghdha | haireaghdha | 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aireaghdha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airegda (-ae)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language