aithghearr

Irish

From Old Irish aithgerr (“very short, very brief”), synchronically ath- +‎ gearr.

aithghearr (genitive singular feminine aithghiorra, plural aithghearra, comparative aithghiorra)

Declension of aithghearr

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	aithghearr	aithghearr	aithghearra
Vocative	aithghearr	aithghearr	aithghearra
Genitive	aithghearr	aithghiorra	aithghearra	aithghearr
Dative	aithghearr	aithghearr	aithghearra
Comparative	níos aithghiorra
Superlative	is aithghiorra

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aithghearr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithgerr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish aithgirra (“shortness, brevity; short cut”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective).

aithghearr f (genitive singular aithghiorra, plural aithghearran)

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

Edward Dwelly (1911) “aithghearr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →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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