earra
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a conflation of Old Irish errad (“equipping; military equipment”)[2][3] and Old Irish arrae (“payment”).[4]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
earra m or f (genitive singular earra, nominative plural earraí)
- goods, merchandise
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
- rińəmr̥ rød mŭȧ əńḗ, mar jīləmr̥ gə tarvr̥[5] n̥ ȧrə vī agń̥.
- [Rinneamar rud maith inné mar dhíolamar go tairbheach an earra a bhí againn.]
- We did good business yesterday, as we sold the goods we had at a good price.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
- d osklōx myȷ gnō elə, ʒā ǵȧpax myȷ, gə vefī ḱȧn̄əxt əŕ n̥ ȧrə.
- [D’osclódh muid gnó eile dhá gceapadh muid go bheifí[6] ceannacht ar an earra.]
- We would open another business if we thought the merchandise would sell well.
- commodity
Declension edit
Declension of earra
- Alternative declension as feminine
Declension of earra
Derived terms edit
- bogearraí m pl (“software”)
- crua-earra m (“(article of) hardware”)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
earra f pl
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| earra | n-earra | hearra | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 errad, erriud, irrad ‘equipping, military equipment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 errad, irrad ‘ware, merchandise’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ On p. 257 the author corrects tarvr̥ to tarəvəx.
- ^ Sic; one would expect mbeadh.
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “arra ‘payment, tribute, wages’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “arraḋ ‘article of merchandise’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “earraḋ ‘property, goods’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 279
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “iorraḋ ‘household stuff, furniture’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 409
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “urraḋ ‘chattels, utensils’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic edit
Noun edit
earra
Mutation edit
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| earra | n-earra | h-earra | t-earra |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||