eachtra

Irish

Alternative forms

• achtra

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠəɾˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠɾˠə/

Noun

eachtra f or m (genitive singular eachtra, nominative plural eachtraí)

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

Declension

As a feminine noun (standard):

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

As a masculine noun (nonstandard):

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 t-eachtra na heachtraí Genitive an eachtra 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	t-eachtra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eaċtra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachtra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN