aicearra

Irish

From Middle Irish aithgirra (“shortness, brevity; short cut”), from aithgerr (“very short, very brief”, adjective).^[1]

aicearra m or f (genitive singular aicearra, nominative plural aicearraí)

shortcut
Synonyms: bealach aic, cóngar

(proverb) Cam díreach an ród is é an bealach mór an t-aicearra. ― The longest way round is the shortest way home.
abridgement

As a masculine noun:

Declension of aicearra (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-aicearra	na haicearraí
genitive	an aicearra	na n-aicearraí
dative	leis an aicearra don aicearra	leis na haicearraí

As a feminine noun:

Declension of aicearra (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an aicearra	na haicearraí
genitive	na haicearra	na n-aicearraí
dative	leis an aicearra don aicearra	leis na haicearraí

Mutated forms of *aicearra*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aicearra	n-aicearra	haicearra	t-aicearra

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aithgirra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 133, page 28
^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 129, page 31
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 343, page 118