eadra

Irish

Alternative forms

• eadarshudh, eadarshuth, eadartha, eadarthráth, eadradh, eatramh

Etymology

From Middle Irish etrud. Possibly connected with Old Irish eter (“between”) (whence idir and Scottish Gaelic eadar), though this may be folk etymology. The spelling eadarshudh/eadarshuth (literally “between-sitting”) is certainly folk-etymological. The form eadarthráth goes back to Middle Irish etarthráth (“noontide, midday”, literally “between-time”) and may originally be etymologically distinct.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠhə/ (corresponding to the form eadartha)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠə/

Noun

eadra m (genitive singular eadra, nominative plural eadraí)

1. milking time (especially in the morning or late morning)
2. the time spent grazing by cattle before milking
3. (rare) noon

   Synonyms: meán lae, nóin

Declension

Declension of eadra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eadra eadraí Vocative a eadra a eadraí Genitive eadra eadraí Dative eadra eadraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eadra na headraí Genitive an eadra na n-eadraí Dative leis an eadra don eadra leis na headraí

Derived terms

• codail go headra (“to sleep late”)
• déan an t-eadra (“to tend cattle during the morning grazing”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etarthráth?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “etrud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eadarṡuḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “eadra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eadra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN