ármhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• árbhach

Etymology

From Middle Irish arbach, possibly a derivative of Old Irish ár (“slaughter”), though apparently a different word from ármag (“battlefield”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠwa(x)/

Noun

ármhach m (genitive singular ármhaigh)

1. (archaic) slaughter

   Synonyms: marú, ár

Declension

Declension of ármhach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ármhach vocative a ármhaigh genitive ármhaigh dative ármhach forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-ármhach genitive an ármhaigh dative leis an ármhach don ármhach

Further reading

• “ármhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “árṁaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ármhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75