eachtra

Irish

Alternative forms

• achtra

Etymology

From Middle Irish echtra, from Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *exteros. 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 singular plural nominative eachtra eachtraí vocative a eachtra a eachtraí genitive eachtra eachtraí dative eachtra eachtraí forms with the definite article 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 singular plural nominative eachtra eachtraí vocative a eachtra a eachtraí genitive eachtra eachtraí dative eachtra eachtraí forms with the definite article 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

Mutated forms of eachtra

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachtra	n-eachtra	heachtra	t-eachtra

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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