aerach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”); aer (“air”) + -ach. The sense ‘homosexual’ is a semantic loan from English gay.
Adjective
aerach (genitive singular masculine aeraigh, genitive singular feminine aeraí, plural aeracha, comparative aeraí)
- airy
- lighthearted, gay; lively, frolicsome
- flighty, giddy
- (sexuality, LGBT) gay, homosexual
- Synonyms: bán, homaighnéasach
- Synonym of aerachtúil (“eerie”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aerach | n-aerach | haerach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "aerach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “aerach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- Entries containing “aerach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “aerach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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