eadra

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Irish

Alternative forms

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

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of eadra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eadra n-eadra headra not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71

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