aitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aith- + -each, "second-class", from Old Irish aithech (“farmer, peasant, countryman, churl, rent-payer”).

Noun

aitheach m (genitive singular aithigh, nominative plural aithigh)

  1. (literary) rent-payer
  2. churl
  3. alternative form of fathach (“giant”)

Declension

Declension of aitheach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative aitheach aithigh
vocative a aithigh a aitheacha
genitive aithigh aitheach
dative aitheach aithigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-aitheach na haithigh
genitive an aithigh na n-aitheach
dative leis an aitheach
don aitheach 		leis na haithigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of aitheach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aitheach n-aitheach haitheach 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

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