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

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

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

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airc n-airc hairc not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airc n-airc h-airc t-airc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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