eochair
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔxəɾʲ/
Etymology 1
From Middle Irish eochair, from Old Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic iuchair.
Noun
eochair f (genitive singular eochrach, nominative plural eochracha)
- key
- An bhfuil eochair an tí agat? ― Do you have the house key?
- (music) key; clef
Declension
Declension of eochair
Fifth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Derived terms
- dordeochair
- eochair altach
- eochair an doird
- eochair an teanóir
- eochairchlár
- eochair cloig
- eochair cóid
- eochair cruite
- eochairdheacracht
- eochairfhreagracht
- eochairléacht
- eochair na tribile
- eochair sáibh
- eochair thochraiste
- eochairthosaíocht
- eochair veidhlín
- faoi ghlas is eochair
- poll eochrach
- siogairlín eochrach
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 eochair, echair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish ochair, a specialized use of fochair (“nearness, proximity”).
Noun
eochair f (genitive singular eochrach, nominative plural eochracha)
- brim, brink, edge, border
Declension
Declension of eochair
Fifth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
|
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “7 eochair, ochair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Etymology 3
From Middle Irish iuchair.
Noun
eochair f (genitive singular eochra, nominative plural eochraí)
- Alternative form of eochraí (“spawn, fish roe”)
Declension
Declension of eochair
Third declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
|
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “iuchair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eochair | n-eochair | heochair | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence cor and more distantly Latin curvus).[1]
Noun
eochair f
- key
- Old Irish treatise on the Psalter, published in Hibernica Minora, (1894, Oxford: Clarendon Press), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, line 216
- Is foa n-indas-sin ro·gab in saltair .i. forgnuis óin-libuir dianechtair ocus ilsailm hi mmedón, fo chosmailius nacha tegdaise adamra co scrínaib ilardaib co n-itsudaib mrechtnaigdib, co n-eochraib saingnustaib do erslocud cach aí. Atá didiu eochair saingnuste ré cach salm .i. a thitul.
- In [that way] is the Psalter, to wit, the form of one book [on the outside], and many psalms within, like some glorious building with many shrines, with various treasure-houses, with special keys to open each one of them. There is however a special key before each psalm, to wit, its title.
- Old Irish treatise on the Psalter, published in Hibernica Minora, (1894, Oxford: Clarendon Press), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, line 216
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | eochair | eochairL | eochraiH |
| Vocative | eochair | eochairL | eochraiH |
| Accusative | eochairN | eochairL | eochraiH |
| Genitive | eochroH, eochraH | eochroH, eochraH | eochraeN |
| Dative | eochairL | eochraib | eochraib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
| |||
| Feminine k-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | eochair | eochraigL | eochraig |
| Vocative | eochair | eochraigL | eochracha |
| Accusative | eochraigN | eochraigL | eochracha |
| Genitive | eochrach | eochrach | eochrachN |
| Dative | eochraigL | eochrachaib | eochrachaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: eochair, echair
- Irish: eochair
- Scottish Gaelic: iuchair
- Manx: ogher
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| eochair | unchanged | n-eochair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 eochair, echair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language