airchinnech

Old Irish

Etymology

From airchenn (“prominent, leading”) (from air- +‎ cenn, literally “having the head in front”) + -ach

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾʲ.xʲə.n̠ʲəx/
    • (Blasse) [ˈaɾʲ.xʲɪ.n̠ʲex]
    • (Griffith) [ˈaɾʲ.xʲɨ.n̠ʲəx]

Noun

airchinnech m (genitive airchinnig, nominative plural airchinnig)

  1. head, leader, administrator

Declension

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative airchinnech airchinnechL airchinnigL
vocative airchinnig airchinnechL airchinnchiuH
accusative airchinnechN airchinnechL airchinnchiuH
genitive airchinnigL airchinnech airchinnechN
dative airchinniuchL airchinnchib airchinnchib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

  • banairchinnech

Descendants

  • Irish: airchinneach
  • → English: erenagh

Mutation

Mutation of airchinnech
radical lenition nasalization
airchinnech
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 airchinnech n-airchinnech

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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