aiteach

See also: àiteach

Irish

Etymology

ait (“strange, odd”) +‎ -ach. Essentially a semantic loan from English queer, but suffixed to distinguish it from ait (“strange, odd, peculiar”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈatʲəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈatʲa(x)/

Adjective

aiteach (genitive singular masculine aitigh, genitive singular feminine aití, plural aiteacha, comparative aití)

1. (LGBT) queer (homosexual; pertaining to non-normative sexuality)

Declension

Declension of aiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aiteach	aiteach	aiteacha; aiteacha²
Vocative	aitigh		aiteacha
Genitive		aití	aiteacha	aiteach
Dative	aiteach; aiteach¹	aiteach; aitigh (archaic)	aiteacha; aiteacha²
Comparative	níos aití
Superlative	is aití

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “aiteach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024