Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish aithrigech (penitent), from aithrige (penance, repentance).[1] By surface analysis, aithrí (penance; repentance) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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aithríoch (genitive singular masculine aithríoch, genitive singular feminine aithríche, plural aithríocha, comparative aithríche)

  1. penitent

Declension

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Declension of aithríoch
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative aithríoch aithríoch aithríocha
vocative aithríoch aithríocha
genitive aithríche aithríocha aithríoch
dative aithríoch aithríoch aithríocha
Comparative níos aithríche
Superlative is aithríche
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Noun

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aithríoch m (genitive singular aithrígh, nominative plural aithrígh)

  1. penitent

Declension

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Declension of aithríoch (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aithríoch aithrígh
vocative a aithrígh a aithríocha
genitive aithrígh aithríoch
dative aithríoch aithrígh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aithríoch na haithrígh
genitive an aithrígh na n-aithríoch
dative leis an aithríoch
don aithríoch
leis na haithrígh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aithríoch
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aithríoch n-aithríoch haithríoch t-aithríoch

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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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithrigech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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