aireach

See also: àireach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæɾʲəx/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airech, from aire (“freeman, noble”). By surface analysis, aire +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aireach (genitive singular masculine airigh, genitive singular feminine airí, plural aireacha, comparative airí)

1. careful, attentive
2. vigilant

   Synonym: (literary) cathaiseach

Declension

Declension of aireach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aireach	aireach	aireacha
Vocative	airigh		aireacha
Genitive		airí	aireacha	aireach
Dative	aireach	aireach; airigh (archaic)	aireacha
Comparative	níos airí
Superlative	is airí

Alternative forms

• airitheach

Derived terms

• anaireach (“heedless, careless, inattentive”, adjective)
• aireachas (“attention, vigilance”)
• mí-aireach (“careless, inattentive”)
• neamh-aireach (“inattentive, careless”)

Etymology 2

Noun

aireach m

1. genitive singular of aire (“nobleman”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aireach	n-aireach	haireach	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) “aireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN