airchinnech

Old Irish

Etymology

From airchenn (“prominent, leading”) (from ar- +‎ cenn, literally “having the head in front”) + -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈarʲxʲin͈ʲex]

Noun

airchinnech m (genitive airchinnig, nominative plural airchinnig)

1. head, leader, administrator

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	airchinnech	airchinnechL	airchinnigL
vocative	airchinnig	airchinnechL	airchinnchiuH
accusative	airchinnechN	airchinnechL	airchinnchiuH
genitive	airchinnigL	airchinnech	airchinnechN
dative	airchinniuchL	airchinnchib	airchinnchib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• banairchinnech

Descendants

• Irish: airchinneach
• → English: erenagh

Mutation

Mutation of airchinnech

radical	lenition	nasalization
airchinnech (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-airchinnech

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