aicearracht

Irish

Alternative forms

• aichearracht, aithghiorracht

Etymology

From Old Irish aithgerracht f (“shortening”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective). By surface analysis, aicearra +‎ -acht.

Noun

aicearracht f (genitive singular aicearrachta, nominative plural aicearrachtaí)

1. shortness

Declension

Declension of aicearracht

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aicearracht aicearrachtaí Vocative a aicearracht a aicearrachtaí Genitive aicearrachta aicearrachtaí Dative aicearracht aicearrachtaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an aicearracht na haicearrachtaí Genitive na haicearrachta na n-aicearrachtaí Dative leis an aicearracht don aicearracht leis na haicearrachtaí

Derived terms

• in aicearracht (“soon, without delay”, adverb)

Related terms

• aicearrach (“short”, adjective)
• aicearra m (“shortcut; abridgement”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicearracht	n-aicearracht	haicearracht	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) “aicearracht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “aithgerracht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language