From Old Irish aithgirrach, an alternative form of aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). By surface analysis, aicearra + -ach.
aicearrach (genitive singular masculine aicearraigh, genitive singular feminine aicearraí, plural aicearracha, comparative aicearraí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | aicearrach | aicearrach | aicearracha | |
vocative | aicearraigh | aicearracha | ||
genitive | aicearraí | aicearracha | aicearrach | |
dative | aicearrach | aicearrach; aicearraigh (archaic) |
aicearracha | |
Comparative | níos aicearraí | |||
Superlative | is aicearraí |
radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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aicearrach | n-aicearrach | haicearrach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.