eachra

eachra

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Middle Irish echrad.[1] By surface analysis, each (“horse”) +‎ -ra (collective suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxɾˠə/

Noun

eachra m (genitive singular eachra, nominative plural eachraí)

  1. (collective) horses
  2. (collective, military) cavalry, horse (cavalry soldiers)
    Synonym: marcra
  3. (collective) stable (all the racehorses belonging to a particular owner)
  4. (countable) a team of horses
  5. (countable, military) cavalcade

Declension

Declension of eachra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eachra eachraí
vocative a eachra a eachraí
genitive eachra eachraí
dative eachra eachraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-eachra na heachraí
genitive an eachra na n-eachraí
dative leis an eachra
don eachra 		leis na heachraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of eachra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eachra n-eachra heachra t-eachra

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

References

  1. ^ 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

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eachraiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eachra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eachra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “eachra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
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