aicearra
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish aithgirra (“shortness, brevity; short cut”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective).
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈæːcəɾˠə/[1]
Noun
aicearra m or f (genitive singular aicearra, nominative plural aicearraí)
- shortcut
- Synonyms: bealach aic, cóngar
- (proverb) Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-aicearra. ― The longest way round is the shortest way home.
- abridgement
Declension
Declension of aicearra
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- Alternative declension
Declension of aicearra
Fourth declension
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Derived terms
- aicearrach (“short”, adjective)
- aicearracht f (“shortness”)
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aicearra | n-aicearra | haicearra | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1953) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 1st edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 393 fn. 1 (p. 189) and p. 298
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aicearra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithgirra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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