eachra
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
| PIE word |
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| *h₁éḱwos |
From Middle Irish echrad.[1] By surface analysis, each (“horse”) + -ra (collective suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eachra m (genitive singular eachra, nominative plural eachraí)
- (collective) horses
- (collective, military) cavalry, horse (cavalry soldiers)
- Synonym: marcra
- (collective) stable (all the racehorses belonging to a particular owner)
- (countable) a team of horses
- (countable, military) cavalcade
Declension edit
Declension of eachra
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachra | n-eachra | heachra | t-eachra |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “echrad, echraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eachraiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eachra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “eachra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024