airceachán

Irish

Alternative forms

• arcachán

Etymology

From airceach (“voracious”) +‎ -án.

Noun

airceachán m (genitive singular airceacháin, nominative plural airceacháin)

1. voracious eater

   Synonyms: alpaire, gainéan, gionachán, peasánach, slamaire

Declension

Declension of airceachán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative airceachán airceacháin vocative a airceacháin a airceachána genitive airceacháin airceachán dative airceachán airceacháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-airceachán na hairceacháin genitive an airceacháin na n-airceachán dative leis an airceachán don airceachán leis na hairceacháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of airceachán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airceachán	n-airceachán	hairceachán	t-airceachán

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