eadra
Irish
Alternative forms
- eadarshudh, eadarshuth, eadarthráth, eadradh, eatramh
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
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠə/[1]
Noun
eadra m (genitive singular eadra, nominative plural eadraí)
- milking time (especially in the morning or late morning)
- the time spent grazing by cattle before milking
- (rare) noon
- Synonyms: meán lae, nóin
Declension
Declension of eadra
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- codail go headra (“to sleep late”)
- déan an t-eadra (“to tend cattle during the morning grazing”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eadra | n-eadra | headra | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “etarthráth?”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “etrud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eadarṡuḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 274
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “eadra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eadra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN