earr

See also: eàrr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish err (“hinder-part, end, tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (“backside, buttocks”) (compare English arse and German Arsch).

Noun

earr f (genitive singular eirre, nominative plural earra)

  1. end, extremity, tail
    Synonyms: cúl, deireadh
  2. (literary) banner

Declension
Declension of earr

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative earr earra
Vocative a earr a earra
Genitive eirre earr
Dative earr earra

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an earr na hearra
Genitive na heirre na n-earr
Dative leis an earr

don earr

 leis na hearra

Derived terms
  • bandearrach (“ring-tailed”, adjective)
  • earr-rua an earraigh (“large red damselfly”)
  • earrdheargán m (“redstart”)
  • earrdhubh (“black-tailed”, adjective)
  • earrfhada (“long-tailed”, adjective)
  • stríocearrach (“bar-tailed”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earr n-earr hearr not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

earr m or f (genitive singular earra, plural earran)

  1. Alternative spelling of eàrr

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earrn-earrh-earrt-earr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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