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aerach.

airy

6 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈeːɾˠəx/Connacht, Munster/ˈeːɾˠa(x)/Ulster

  1. airy

  2. lighthearted, gay; lively, frolicsome

  3. flighty, giddy

  4. gay, homosexual

  5. synonym of aerachtúil (“eerie”)

Where this word comes from

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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