aorach

Irish

Etymology

From aor (“satirize, lampoon”, verb) or aoir (“lampoon, satire”, noun) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aorach (genitive singular masculine aoraigh, genitive singular feminine aoraí, plural aoracha, comparative aoraí)

1. satiric, satirical

Declension

Declension of aorach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aorach	aorach	aoracha
vocative	aoraigh		aoracha
genitive		aoraí	aoracha	aorach
dative	aorach	aorach; aoraigh (archaic)	aoracha
Comparative	níos aoraí
Superlative	is aoraí

Derived terms

• aorachas (“(act of) satirizing, fault-finding; lampoonery”)

Related terms

• aoir (“lampoon, satire”)
• aorthóir (“satirist, lampooner”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of aorach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aorach	n-aorach	haorach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aorach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aorach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aorach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024