aicher

French

Verb

aicher

  1. Alternative form of escher

Conjugation

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ācer, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxʲer/

Adjective

aicher

  1. sharp, fierce, (of the wind) bitter
    • 9th century, “Is acher in gaíth in-nocht...”
      IS acher ingáith innocht · fufuasna fairggæ findḟolt
      ni ágor réimm mora minn · dondláechraid lainn ua lothlind.
      Bitter is the wind to-night: it tosses the ocean’s white hair:
      I fear not the coursing of a clear sea by the fierce heroes from Lothlend.

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aicher aicher aicher
Vocative aichir*
aicher**
Accusative aicher aichir
Genitive aichir aichre aichir
Dative aichiur aichir aichiur
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative aichir aichrea
Vocative aichriu
aichrea†
Accusative aichriu
aichrea†
Genitive aicher
Dative aichrib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Mutation

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

Further reading

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