aireachas

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish airechas (“heed, care”). By surface analysis, aireach (“careful, attentive; vigilant”) +‎ -as (abstract nominal suffix), from aire (“care, attention; heed, notice”). ==== Noun ==== aireachas m (genitive singular aireachais) attention vigilance (as verbal noun, ag aireachas) watching ===== Alternative forms ===== aireachán m === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== aireachas m (genitive singular aireachais) alternative form of oireachas (“precedence, pre-eminence, sovereignty; rank, status”) === Declension === === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aireachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 airechas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language