árchú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish árchú.

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of árchú

Irregular

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	árchú	árchoin
Vocative	a árchú	a árchoin
Genitive	árchon	árchon
Dative	árchú	árchoin

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-árchú	na hárchoin
Genitive	an árchon	na n-árchon
Dative	leis an árchú don árchú	leis na hárchoin

Alternative (feminine) declension

Declension of árchú

Irregular

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	árchú	árchoin
Vocative	a árchú	a árchoin
Genitive	árchon	árchon
Dative	árchú	árchoin

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an árchú	na hárchoin
Genitive	na hárchon	na n-árchon
Dative	leis an árchú don árchú	leis na hárchoin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

"árchú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“árchú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Entries containing “árchú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

archú

Etymology

From ár (“slaughter, carnage”) +‎ cú (“dog, hound”).

Noun

árchú n, m (genitive árchon)

war-hound, slaughter-hound
watchdog

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

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

Further reading

“árchú” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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