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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eachra eachraí
Vocative a eachra a eachraí
Genitive eachra eachraí
Dative eachra eachraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-eachra na heachraí
Genitive an eachra na n-eachraí
Dative leis an eachra

don eachra

 leis na heachraí

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “echrad, echraid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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