eachtra

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish echtra, from echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *extro-. Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠɾˠə/

Noun

eachtra f (genitive singular eachtra, nominative plural eachtraí)

1. episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event
2. tale
3. experience
4. anecdote

Declension

Declension of eachtra

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eachtra eachtraí Vocative a eachtra a eachtraí Genitive eachtra eachtraí Dative eachtra eachtraí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eachtra na heachtraí Genitive na heachtra na n-eachtraí Dative leis an eachtra don eachtra leis na heachtraí

Synonyms

• (episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event): teagmhas
• (anecdote): staróg, scéilín

Derived terms

• fo-eachtra (“minor adventure; minor event, incident; minor anecdote”)
• eachtraíocht (“act of adventuring”)

Mutation

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