aerchonair

Irish

Etymology

From aer- (“air”) +‎ conair (“path, passage, track”).

Noun

aerchonair f (genitive singular aerchonaire, nominative plural aerchonairí)

1. (aviation) air-corridor, air-lane

   Synonym: aerlána

2. (anatomy) airway, trachea

   Synonyms: píobán garbh, píobán, traicé

Declension

Declension of aerchonair

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative aerchonair aerchonairí Vocative a aerchonair a aerchonairí Genitive aerchonaire aerchonairí Dative aerchonair aerchonairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an aerchonair na haerchonairí Genitive na haerchonaire na n-aerchonairí Dative leis an aerchonair don aerchonair leis na haerchonairí

Mutation

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

Further reading

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