earra

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From a conflation of Old Irish errad (“equipping; military equipment”) and Old Irish arrae (“payment”).

Alternative forms

Noun

earra m or f (genitive singular earra, nominative plural earraí)

  1. goods, merchandise
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
      rińəmr̥ rød mŭȧ əńḗ, mar jīləmr̥ gə tarvr̥ n̥ ȧrə vī agń̥.
      [Rinneamar rud maith inné mar dhíolamar go tairbheach an earra a bhí againn.]
      We did good business yesterday, as we sold the goods we had at a good price.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
      d osklōx myȷ gnō elə, ʒā ǵȧpax myȷ, gə vefī ḱȧn̄əxt əŕ n̥ ȧrə.
      [D’osclódh muid gnó eile dhá gceapadh muid go bheifí ceannacht ar an earra.]
      We would open another business if we thought the merchandise would sell well.
  2. commodity
Declension
Declension of earra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earra earraí
Vocative a earra a earraí
Genitive earra earraí
Dative earra earraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-earra na hearraí
Genitive an earra na n-earraí
Dative leis an earra

don earra

leis na hearraí
Alternative declension as feminine
Declension of earra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earra earraí
Vocative a earra a earraí
Genitive earra earraí
Dative earra earraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an earra na hearraí
Genitive na hearra na n-earraí
Dative leis an earra

don earra

leis na hearraí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

earra f pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of earr

Mutation

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 errad, erriud, irrad ‘equipping, military equipment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 errad, irrad ‘ware, merchandise’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ On p. 257 the author corrects tarvr̥ to tarəvəx.
  6. ^ Sic; one would expect mbeadh.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

earra

  1. genitive singular of eàrr

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earra n-earra h-earra t-earra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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