aíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• aoigheach

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare aoi (“guest”).

Adjective

aíoch (genitive singular masculine aíoch, genitive singular feminine aíche, plural aíocha, comparative aíche)

1. hospitable

Declension

Declension of aíoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aíoch	aíoch	aíocha
Vocative	aíoch		aíocha
Genitive		aíche	aíocha	aíoch
Dative	aíoch	aíoch	aíocha
Comparative	níos aíche
Superlative	is aíche

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aíoch	n-aíoch	haíoch	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN