aireachas

Irish

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish airechas (“heed, care”). By surface analysis, aireach (“careful, attentive; vigilant”) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix), from aire (“care, attention; heed, notice”).

    Noun

    aireachas m (genitive singular aireachais)

    1. attention
    2. vigilance
    3. (as verbal noun, ag aireachas) watching
    Alternative forms

    Etymology 2

      Noun

      aireachas m (genitive singular aireachais)

      1. alternative form of oireachas (“precedence, pre-eminence, sovereignty; rank, status”)

      Declension

      Declension of aireachas (first declension, no plural)
      bare forms
      singular
      nominative aireachas
      vocative a aireachais
      genitive aireachais
      dative aireachas
      forms with the definite article
      singular
      nominative an t-aireachas
      genitive an aireachais
      dative leis an aireachas
      don aireachas

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of aireachas
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      aireachas n-aireachas haireachas t-aireachas

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

      References

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