airgtheach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aircthech (“inventive, ingenious”).

Adjective

airgtheach (genitive singular masculine airgthigh, genitive singular feminine airgthí, plural airgtheacha, comparative airgthí)

1. inventive

   Synonyms: intlíochtach, tionscnach

Declension

Declension of airgtheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	airgtheach	airgtheach	airgtheacha
Vocative	airgthigh		airgtheacha
Genitive		airgthí	airgtheacha	airgtheach
Dative	airgtheach	airgtheach; airgthigh (archaic)	airgtheacha
Comparative	níos airgthí
Superlative	is airgthí

Etymology 2

Noun

airgtheach m (genitive singular airgthigh, nominative plural airgthigh)

1. Synonym of argthóir (“destroyer, plunderer”)

Declension

Declension of airgtheach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative airgtheach airgthigh Vocative a airgthigh a airgtheacha Genitive airgthigh airgtheach Dative airgtheach airgthigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-airgtheach na hairgthigh Genitive an airgthigh na n-airgtheach Dative leis an airgtheach don airgtheach leis na hairgthigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “airgtheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “inventive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 aircthech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “airgtheach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.