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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish airichill (“act of preparing for, providing for, making (oneself) ready for; preparation, provision, readiness”).
Noun
oirchill f (genitive singular oirchille)
- act of preparing, making ready (for)
- preparation, provision, readiness; expectation
- lying in wait, ambush
- treachery
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| oirchill
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n-oirchill
|
hoirchill
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oirchill”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airichill”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language