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earra

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Irish

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Etymology 1

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From a conflation of Old Irish errad (equipping; military equipment)[1][2] and Old Irish arrae (payment).[3]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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earra m or f (genitive singular earra, nominative plural earraí)

  1. goods, merchandise
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
      rińəmr̥ rød mŭȧ əńḗ, mar jīləmr̥ gə tarvr̥[6] ȧrə vī agń̥.
      [Rinneamar rud maith inné mar dhíolamar go tairbheach an earra a bhí againn.]
      We did good business yesterday, as we sold the goods we had at a good price.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
      d osklōx myȷ gnō elə, ʒā ǵȧpax myȷ, gə vefī ḱȧn̄əxt əŕ n̥ ȧrə.
      [D’osclódh muid gnó eile dhá gceapadh muid go bheifí[7] ceannacht ar an earra.]
      We would open another business if we thought the merchandise would sell well.
  2. commodity
Declension
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Declension of earra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative earra earraí
vocative a earra a earraí
genitive earra earraí
dative earra earraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-earra na hearraí
genitive an earra na n-earraí
dative leis an earra
don earra
leis na hearraí
Alternative declension as feminine
Declension of earra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative earra earraí
vocative a earra a earraí
genitive earra earraí
dative earra earraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an earra na hearraí
genitive na hearra na n-earraí
dative leis an earra
don earra
leis na hearraí
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “arra ‘payment, tribute, wages’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 60; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “arraḋ ‘article of merchandise’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 40
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “earraḋ ‘property, goods’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 279
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “iorraḋ ‘household stuff, furniture’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 409
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “urraḋ ‘chattels, utensils’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1304; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “earra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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earra f pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of earr

Mutation

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Mutated forms of earra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earra n-earra hearra not applicable

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

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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earra

  1. genitive singular of eàrr

Mutation

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Mutation of earra
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earra n-earra h-earra t-earra

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