arracht

Irish

Alternative forms

  • arrachta, arrachtach, arrachtaí

Etymology

From Old Irish arracht (“idol, idolatrous image; apparition, spectre, monster”).

Noun

arracht m (genitive singular arrachta, nominative plural arrachtaí)

  1. specter, monster
  2. giant

Declension

Declension of arracht (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative arracht arrachtaí
vocative a arracht a arrachtaí
genitive arrachta arrachtaí
dative arracht arrachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-arracht na harrachtaí
genitive an arrachta na n-arrachtaí
dative leis an arracht
don arracht 		leis na harrachtaí

Derived terms

  • arrachtach (“monstrous; grotesque; huge, powerful”, adjective)
  • arrachtas m (“grotesqueness; brawn, strength”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arracht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
arracht n-arracht harracht t-arracht

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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