airíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• airgheach, airigheach (obsolete)

Etymology

From airigh +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲia(x)/

Noun

airíoch m (genitive singular airígh, nominative plural airígh)

1. caretaker

Declension

Declension of airíoch (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative airíoch airígh vocative a airígh a airíocha genitive airígh airíoch dative airíoch airígh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-airíoch na hairígh genitive an airígh na n-airíoch dative leis an airíoch don airíoch leis na hairígh

Mutation

Mutated forms of airíoch

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airíoch	n-airíoch	hairíoch	t-airíoch

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) “airíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN