eachaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish echaire (“horse-keeper, groom”), from ech (“horse”) (compare modern each).

Noun

eachaire m (genitive singular eachaire, nominative plural eachairí)

1. horse-attendant, groom

Declension

Declension of eachaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eachaire eachairí Vocative a eachaire a eachairí Genitive eachaire eachairí Dative eachaire eachairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eachaire na heachairí Genitive an eachaire na n-eachairí Dative leis an eachaire don eachaire leis na heachairí

Related terms

• eachaí (“horseman, jockey”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN