Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish airichill (“act of preparing for, providing for, making (oneself) ready for; preparation, provision, readiness”).
Noun
oirchill f (genitive singular oirchille)
- act of preparing, making ready (for)
- preparation, provision, readiness; expectation
- lying in wait, ambush
- treachery
Declension
Declension of oirchill (second declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of oirchill
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| oirchill
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n-oirchill
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hoirchill
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not applicable
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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) “oirchill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “airichill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language