arracht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • arrachta, arrachtach, arrachtaí

Etymology

From Old Irish arracht (“idol, idolatrous image; apparition, spectre, monster”).

Noun

arracht m (genitive singular arrachta, nominative plural arrachtaí)

  1. specter, monster
  2. giant

Declension
Declension of arracht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative arracht arrachtaí
Vocative a arracht a arrachtaí
Genitive arrachta arrachtaí
Dative arracht arrachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-arracht na harrachtaí
Genitive an arrachta na n-arrachtaí
Dative leis an arracht

don arracht

 leis na harrachtaí

Derived terms
  • arrachtach (“monstrous; grotesque; huge, powerful”, adjective)
  • arrachtas m (“grotesqueness; brawn, strength”)

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

Further reading
  • "arracht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 arracht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “arracht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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