Adjective: aerach
Declension: 1
| Singular Nominative | aerach |
| Singular Genitive Masc. | aeraigh |
| Singular Genitive Fem. | aeraí |
| Plural Nominative | aeracha |
Adjectives inflected like aerach
aerach,
aigeantach,
ardnósach,
bacach,
brocach,
bréagach,
brónach,
bunúsach,
caighdeánach,
ciorclach,
cliathánach,
coinbhinsiúnach,
cumasach,
cóngarach,
deireanach,
dochrach,
eachtrach,
eachtrannach,
follasach,
foltach, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From Middle Irish aerach (“airy, pleasant; light-hearted, gay, frivolous”); aer (“air”) + -ach. The sense ‘homosexual’ is a semantic loan from English gay.
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