aireach

See also: àireach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airech, from aire (“freeman, noble”). By surface analysis, aire +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)

  1. careful, attentive
  2. vigilant
    Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach
Declension
Declension of aireach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative aireach aireach aireacha
Vocative airigh aireacha
Genitive airí aireacha aireach
Dative aireach aireach;
airigh (archaic)		 aireacha
Comparative níos airí
Superlative is airí
Alternative forms
Derived terms
  • anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
  • aireachas (“attention, vigilance”)
  • mí-aireach (“careless, inattentive”)
  • neamh-aireach (“inattentive, careless”)

Noun

aireach m

  1. genitive singular of aire (“nobleman”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aireach n-aireach haireach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 28
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