earótachas

Irish

Etymology

From earótach +‎ -as.

Noun

earótachas m (genitive singular earótachais)

1. eroticism (quality of being erotic)
2. (literary) eroticism (use in literature)

Declension

Declension of earótachas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative earótachas vocative a earótachais genitive earótachais dative earótachas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-earótachas genitive an earótachais dative leis an earótachas don earótachas

Synonyms

• (quality of being erotic): anghrá

Derived terms

• féin-earótachas (“autoeroticism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of earótachas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earótachas	n-earótachas	hearótachas	t-earótachas

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

Further reading

• “eroticism”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024