árchú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish árchú.

Noun

árchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)

  1. (literary) fierce dog, ‘warhound’
  2. war-dog, warrior

Declension

Alternative (feminine) declension

Mutation

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • archú

Etymology

From ár (slaughter, carnage) + (dog, hound).

Noun

árchú n or m (genitive árchon)

  1. war-hound, slaughter-hound
  2. watchdog

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative árchú árchoinL árchoin
Vocative árchú árchoinL árchonaH
Accusative árchoinN árchoinL árchonaH
Genitive árchon árchonL árchonN
Dative árchoinL, árchúL árchonaib árchonaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

Further reading

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