eachdraidh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish echtrad, from Old Irish echtra (“tale, narrative, history”), from echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *extros. Doublet of eachtradh. Cognate with Irish eachtra (“adventure”). Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛxkɾɪ/, /ˈɛxt̪ɾɪ/

Noun

eachdraidh f (genitive singular eachdraidhe, plural eachdraidhean)

1. history
2. legend, tale
3. (chiefly biblical) chronicle

Derived terms

• beath-eachdraidh
• eachdraidheil
• ro-eachdraidheil

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “echtra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language