aorach

Irish

Etymology

From aor (“satirize, lampoon”, verb) or aoir (“lampoon, satire”, noun) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aorach (genitive singular masculine aoraigh, genitive singular feminine aoraí, plural aoracha, comparative aoraí)

  1. satiric, satirical

Declension

Declension of aorach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aorach aorach aoracha
vocative aoraigh aoracha
genitive aoraí aoracha aorach
dative aorach aorach;
aoraigh (archaic) 		aoracha
Comparative níos aoraí
Superlative is aoraí

Derived terms

  • aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)
  • aoir (“lampoon, satire”)
  • aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aorach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aorach n-aorach haorach not applicable

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

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