aerach

== Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”); aer (“air”) +‎ -ach. The sense ‘homosexual’ is a semantic loan from English gay. === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾˠəx/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈeːɾˠa(x)/ === Adjective === aerach (genitive singular masculine aeraigh, genitive singular feminine aeraí, plural aeracha, comparative aeraí) airy lighthearted, gay; lively, frolicsome flighty, giddy (sexuality, LGBTQ) gay, homosexual Synonyms: bán, homaighnéasach synonym of aerachtúil (“eerie”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Yola: earnough === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aerach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aerach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “aerach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “aerach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026