acrach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === acarach (both etymologies) === Etymology 1 === From acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). ==== Adjective ==== acrach (genitive singular masculine acraigh, genitive singular feminine acraí, plural acracha, comparative acraí) handy, useful; convenient ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “acrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “acrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== acrach (genitive singular masculine acraigh, genitive singular feminine acraighe, plural acracha, comparative acraighe) obsolete form of ocrach (“hungry”) ==== Further reading ==== Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “acrach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 4 === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish occorach. ==== Adjective ==== acrach (genitive singular feminine acraiche, comparative nas acraiche, superlative as acraiche) hungry ===== Usage notes ===== Usually used attributively. The usual predicative form is created using acras: daoine acrach ― hungry people tha an t-acras orra ― they are hungry (literally, “[there] is the hunger on them”) ===== Alternative forms ===== acorach, ocrach, ocrasach ===== Derived terms ===== mion-acrach (“hungry, voracious, ravenous; having a false appetite; eating but little at a time, as an invalid”) ==== Noun ==== acrach m hungry person ===== Alternative forms ===== acorach, ocrach, ocrasach === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== acrach f genitive singular of acair (“anchor”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “acrach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “occorach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language