aitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aith- + -each, "second-class", from Old Irish aithech (“farmer, peasant, countryman, churl, rent-payer”).

Noun

aitheach m (genitive singular aithigh, nominative plural aithigh)

  1. (literary) rent-payer
  2. churl
  3. Alternative form of fathach (“giant”)

Declension
Declension of aitheach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aitheach aithigh
Vocative a aithigh a aitheacha
Genitive aithigh aitheach
Dative aitheach aithigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-aitheach na haithigh
Genitive an aithigh na n-aitheach
Dative leis an aitheach

don aitheach

 leis na haithigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aitheach n-aitheach haitheach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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