arracht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish arracht (“idol, idolatrous image; apparition, spectre, monster”).

Noun

arracht m (genitive singular arrachta, nominative plural arrachtaí)

  1. specter, monster
  2. giant

Declension

Declension of arracht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arracht arrachtaí
Vocative a arracht a arrachtaí
Genitive arrachta arrachtaí
Dative arracht arrachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-arracht na harrachtaí
Genitive an arrachta na n-arrachtaí
Dative leis an arracht

don arracht

leis na harrachtaí

Derived terms

  • arrachtach (“monstrous; grotesque; huge, powerful”, adjective)
  • arrachtas m (“grotesqueness; brawn, strength”)

Mutation

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

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