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, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative áirc vocative a áirc genitive áirce dative áirc forms with the definite article singular nominative an áirc genitive na háirce dative leis an áirc don áirc

Derived terms

• Áirc an Chonartha f (“the Ark of the Covenant”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of áirc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áirc	n-áirc	háirc	not applicable

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “áirc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Noun

áirc f

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

Mutation

Mutation of áirc

radical	lenition	nasalization
áirc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	áirc	n-áirc

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “árc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language