alpach

See also: Alpach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From alp (swallow whole, devour; grab, verb) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alpach (genitive singular masculine alpaigh, genitive singular feminine alpaí, plural alpacha, comparative alpaí)

  1. voracious, greedy
    Synonym: cíocrach
  2. grabbing
    Synonym: glámach

Declension

Derived terms

  • alpachán m (lump, chunk; chunky person; pig, greedy person;)

Mutation

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

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