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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative athrach
Vocative a athraigh
Genitive athraigh
Dative athrach

Forms with the definite article:

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

Further reading
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