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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish echtrad, from echtra (“tale, narrative, history”), from Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *exteros. Doublet of eachtradh. Cognate with Irish eachtra (“adventure”). Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eachdraidh f (genitive singular eachdraidhe, plural eachdraidhean)
- history
- legend, tale
- (chiefly biblical) chronicle
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