"aerach" meaning in Irish

See aerach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈeːɾˠəx/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈeːɾˠa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”); aer (“air”) + -ach. The sense ‘homosexual’ is a semantic loan from English gay. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|aerach|t=airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous}} Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”), {{af|ga|aer|-ach|pos=adjective|t1=air}} aer (“air”) + -ach, {{semantic loan|ga|en|gay|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English gay Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|aeraigh|genitive singular feminine|aeraí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|aeracha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|aeraí|||head=}} aerach (genitive singular masculine aeraigh, genitive singular feminine aeraí, plural aeracha, comparative aeraí), {{ga-adj|comp=aeraí|gsf=aeraí|gsm=aeraigh|pl=~a}} aerach (genitive singular masculine aeraigh, genitive singular feminine aeraí, plural aeracha, comparative aeraí) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-adj||aer|ach}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: aeraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], aeraí [feminine, genitive, singular], aeracha [plural], aeraí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], aerach [masculine, nominative, singular], aerach [feminine, nominative, singular], aeracha [nominative, plural], aeraigh [masculine, singular, vocative], aerach [feminine, singular, vocative], aeracha [plural, vocative], aeraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], aeraí [feminine, genitive, singular], aeracha [genitive, plural, strong], aerach [genitive, plural, weak], aerach [dative, masculine, singular], aerach [dative, feminine, singular], aeraigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], aeracha [dative, plural], níos aeraí [comparative], is aeraí [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], aerach [mutation, mutation-radical], n-aerach [eclipsis, mutation], haerach [mutation, prothesis-h], - [mutation, prothesis-t]
  1. airy
    Sense id: en-aerach-ga-adj-QRZEcYYq Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 14 29 27 15 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 26 20 15
  2. lighthearted, gay; lively, frolicsome
    Sense id: en-aerach-ga-adj-Xcrk42eM Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 14 29 27 15 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 26 20 15
  3. flighty, giddy
    Sense id: en-aerach-ga-adj-6ZwiHact Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 14 29 27 15 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 26 20 15
  4. (sexuality, LGBT) gay, homosexual Categories (topical): LGBT, Sexuality Synonyms: bán, homaighnéasach
    Sense id: en-aerach-ga-adj-UFux~4wQ Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 14 29 27 15 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 26 20 15 Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality
  5. Synonym of aerachtúil (“eerie”) Synonyms: aerachtúil [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-aerach-ga-adj-Mc1DVByk Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 14 29 27 15 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 18 26 20 15

Alternative forms

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        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "lively",
          "lively"
        ],
        [
          "frolicsome",
          "frolicsome"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flighty, giddy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flighty",
          "flighty"
        ],
        [
          "giddy",
          "giddy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:LGBT",
        "ga:Sexuality"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gay, homosexual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sexuality",
          "sexuality"
        ],
        [
          "LGBT",
          "LGBT"
        ],
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sexuality, LGBT) gay, homosexual"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bán"
        },
        {
          "word": "homaighnéasach"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "LGBT",
        "lifestyle",
        "sexuality"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of aerachtúil (“eerie”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aerachtúil",
          "aerachtúil#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "eerie",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "aerachtúil"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɾˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɾˠa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "aerach"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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