eirleach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish airlech (“act of hewing down (in battle, etc.), slaughter”), verbal noun of ar·slig (“smites, slays”).
Declension
Declension of eirleach
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eirleach | n-eirleach | heirleach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eirleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 airlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eirleach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eirleach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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