aerpháirc

Irish

Etymology

From aer- (“air”) +‎ páirc (“field”), a calque of English airfield.

Noun

aerpháirc f (genitive singular aerpháirce, nominative plural aerpháirceanna)

1. (aviation) airfield, aerodrome

   Synonym: aeradróm

Declension

Declension of aerpháirc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aerpháirc aerpháirceanna vocative a aerpháirc a aerpháirceanna genitive aerpháirce aerpháirceanna dative aerpháirc aerpháirceanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an aerpháirc na haerpháirceanna genitive na haerpháirce na n-aerpháirceanna dative leis an aerpháirc don aerpháirc leis na haerpháirceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of aerpháirc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aerpháirc	n-aerpháirc	haerpháirc	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aerpháirc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “airfield”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aerpháirc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm