airc

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See also: áirc

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airc (“greed, desire; difficulty, strait”).

Noun

airc f (genitive singular airce)

  1. greed, voracity
  2. want
Declension
Declension of airc (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative airc
vocative a airc
genitive airce
dative airc
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an airc
genitive na hairce
dative leis an airc
don airc
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • airceach (“voracious; needy”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

airc m

  1. inflection of arc:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of airc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airc n-airc hairc not applicable

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish airc (“difficulty, strait”).

Noun

airc f (genitive singular airce, plural aircean)

  1. destitution, distress, need, poverty, necessity

Mutation

Mutation of airc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airc n-airc h-airc t-airc

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

Further reading

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