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Irish
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)
- 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.
- abridgement
Declension
- Alternative declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| aicearra
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n-aicearra
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haicearra
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgirra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 393 fn. 1 (p. 189) and p. 298
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118
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