imeachtar

imeachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish im[m]echtar (“extremity, outside, end”).

Noun

imeachtar m (genitive singular imeachtair)

1. outer part, outside; outer region, outskirts

Declension

Declension of imeachtar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative imeachtar Vocative a imeachtair Genitive imeachtair Dative imeachtar

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-imeachtar Genitive an imeachtair Dative leis an imeachtar don imeachtar

Synonyms

• (outskirts): ciumhais

Derived terms

• éadach imeachtair (“outer garment”)
• imeachtrach (“outer, external; further, remote”, adjective)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• "imeachtar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “immechtar”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN