athrach

See also: áthrach

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish aitherrach (“act of repeating; repetition; act of changing, altering; change; a change of, hence a different, another; diversity, variety”), verbal noun of ad·eirrig (“repeats, reiterates; changes; changes for the better, emends, improves”).

Noun

athrach m (genitive singular athraigh)

  1. change, alteration
  2. alternative
Declension
Declension of athrach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative athrach
vocative a athraigh
genitive athraigh
dative athrach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-athrach
genitive an athraigh
dative leis an athrach
don athrach
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

athrach f sg

  1. genitive singular of athair (“creeper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of athrach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athrach n-athrach hathrach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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