earc

Irish

Alternative forms

alp, arc

Etymology

From Middle Irish erc

Noun

earc m (genitive singular eirc, nominative plural earca)

newt (amphibian)
Synonym: niút
lizard (reptile)
Synonym: laghairt

Declension

Declension of earc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	earc	earca
Vocative	a eirc	a earca
Genitive	eirc	earc
Dative	earc	earca

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-earc	na hearca
Genitive	an eirc	na n-earc
Dative	leis an earc don earc	leis na hearca

Derived terms

earcán
earc luachra
earc sléibhe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earc	n-earc	hearc	t-earc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“earc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “5 erc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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