aithríoch

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish aithrigech (“penitent”), from aithrige (“penance, repentance”).[1] By surface analysis, aithrí (“penance; repentance”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aithríoch (genitive singular masculine aithríoch, genitive singular feminine aithríche, plural aithríocha, comparative aithríche)

  1. penitent

Declension

Declension of aithríoch
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aithríoch aithríoch aithríocha
Vocative aithríoch aithríocha
Genitive aithríche aithríocha aithríoch
Dative aithríoch aithríoch aithríocha
Comparative níos aithríche
Superlative is aithríche

Noun

aithríoch m (genitive singular aithrígh, nominative plural aithrígh)

  1. penitent

Declension

Declension of aithríoch

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aithríoch aithrígh
Vocative a aithrígh a aithríocha
Genitive aithrígh aithríoch
Dative aithríoch aithrígh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aithríoch na haithrígh
Genitive an aithrígh na n-aithríoch
Dative leis an aithríoch

don aithríoch

leis na haithrígh

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrigech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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