árchú

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish árchú.

Noun

árchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)

  1. (literary) fierce dog, ‘warhound’
  2. war-dog, warrior

Declension

Declension of árchú (irregular)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative árchú árchoin
vocative a árchú a árchoin
genitive árchon árchon
dative árchú árchoin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-árchú na hárchoin
genitive an árchon na n-árchon
dative leis an árchú
don árchú 		leis na hárchoin
Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of árchú (irregular)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative árchú árchoin
vocative a árchú a árchoin
genitive árchon árchon
dative árchú árchoin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an árchú na hárchoin
genitive na hárchon na n-árchon
dative leis an árchú
don árchú 		leis na hárchoin

Mutation

Mutated forms of árchú
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
árchú n-árchú hárchú t-árchú

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ár (“slaughter, carnage”) +‎ cú (“dog, hound”).

Noun

árchú n or m (genitive árchon)

  1. war-hound, slaughter-hound
  2. watchdog

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
singular dual plural
nominative árchú árchoinL árchoin
vocative árchú árchoinL árchonaH
accusative árchoinN árchoinL árchonaH
genitive árchon árchonL árchonN
dative árchoinL, árchúL árchonaib árchonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of árchú
radical lenition nasalization
árchú
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) 		unchanged n-árchú

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

Further reading

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