aireach

See also: àireach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲəx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airech, from aire (“freeman, noble”). By surface analysis, aire +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)

1. careful, attentive
2. vigilant

   Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach

Declension

Declension of aireach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aireach	aireach	aireacha
vocative	airigh		aireacha
genitive		airí	aireacha	aireach
dative	aireach	aireach; airigh (archaic)	aireacha
Comparative	níos airí
Superlative	is airí

Alternative forms

• airitheach

Derived terms

• anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
• aireachas (“attention, vigilance”)
• mí-aireach (“careless, inattentive”)
• neamh-aireach (“inattentive, careless”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aireach m

1. genitive singular of aire (“nobleman”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aireach

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