aicearra

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithgirra (“shortness, brevity; short cut”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aicearra m or f (genitive singular aicearra, nominative plural aicearraí)

  1. shortcut
    Synonyms: bealach aic, cóngar
    (proverb) Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-aicearra. ― The longest way round is the shortest way home.
  2. abridgement

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of aicearra (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aicearra aicearraí
vocative a aicearra a aicearraí
genitive aicearra aicearraí
dative aicearra aicearraí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aicearra na haicearraí
genitive an aicearra na n-aicearraí
dative leis an aicearra
don aicearra 		leis na haicearraí

As a feminine noun:

Declension of aicearra (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aicearra aicearraí
vocative a aicearra a aicearraí
genitive aicearra aicearraí
dative aicearra aicearraí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an aicearra na haicearraí
genitive na haicearra na n-aicearraí
dative leis an aicearra
don aicearra 		leis na haicearraí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of aicearra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aicearra n-aicearra haicearra t-aicearra

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgirra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 133, page 28
  3. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 129, page 31
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118

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