árchú
Irish
    
    
Noun
    
árchú m or f (genitive singular árchon, nominative plural árchoin)
- (literary) fierce dog, ‘warhound’
 - war-dog, warrior
 
Declension
    
Declension of árchú
Irregular
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 Bare forms 
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 Forms with the definite article 
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- Alternative (feminine) declension
 
Declension of árchú
Irregular
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 Bare forms 
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 Forms with the definite article 
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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
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “árchú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
 - G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
 - Entries containing “árchú” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
 
Old Irish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- archú
 
Inflection
    
| Masculine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | árchú | árchoinL | árchoin | 
| Vocative | árchú | árchoinL | árchonaH | 
| Accusative | árchoinN | árchoinL | árchonaH | 
| Genitive | árchon | árchonL | árchonN | 
| Dative | árchoinL, árchúL | árchonaib | árchonaib | 
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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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
    
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “árchú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
 
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