áirc

See also: airc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish árc, áirc (“coffer, chest; Ark of the covenant”), borrowed from Latin arca (“chest, box, coffer”).

Noun

áirc f (genitive singular áirce)

  1. ark

Declension
Declension of áirc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative áirc
Vocative a áirc
Genitive áirce
Dative áirc

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an áirc
Genitive na háirce
Dative leis an áirc

don áirc

Derived terms

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

References
  • "áirc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “árc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Noun

áirc f

  1. Alternative form of árc (“coffer, chest; Ark of the covenant”)

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
árc unchanged n-árc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “árc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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