aifricéad

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English affricate, from Latin affricātus (“rubbed”).

Noun

aifricéad m (genitive singular aifricéid, nominative plural aifricéid)

1. (phonetics, phonology) affricate

Declension

Declension of aifricéad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aifricéad aifricéid vocative a aifricéid a aifricéada genitive aifricéid aifricéad dative aifricéad aifricéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aifricéad na haifricéid genitive an aifricéid na n-aifricéad dative leis an aifricéad don aifricéad leis na haifricéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of aifricéad

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aifricéad	n-aifricéad	haifricéad	t-aifricéad

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) “aifricéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aifricéad”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm