airceach

See also: Aircéach

Irish

Alternative forms

• airceasach

Etymology

From airc (“greed, voracity; want”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

airceach (genitive singular masculine aircigh, genitive singular feminine aircí, plural airceacha, comparative aircí)

1. voracious
2. needy

Declension

Declension of airceach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	airceach	airceach	airceacha
vocative	aircigh		airceacha
genitive		aircí	airceacha	airceach
dative	airceach	airceach; aircigh (archaic)	airceacha
Comparative	níos aircí
Superlative	is aircí

Derived terms

• airceachán m (“voracious eater”)

Descendants

• → Yola: arkagh

Mutation

Mutated forms of airceach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airceach	n-airceach	hairceach	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) “airceach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN