eirleach

== Irish == === Alternative forms === airleach === Etymology === From Old Irish airlech (“act of hewing down (in battle, etc.), slaughter”), verbal noun of ar·slig (“smites, slays”). === Noun === eirleach m (genitive singular eirligh) destruction, havoc; carnage, slaughter ==== Declension ==== === Mutation === === References === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eirleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 airlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eirleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “eirleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026