eachtrach
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”).
Adjective
eachtrach (genitive singular masculine eachtraigh, genitive singular feminine eachtraí, plural eachtracha, comparative eachtraí)
Declension
Declension of eachtrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eachtrach | eachtrach | eachtracha; eachtracha² | |
| Vocative | eachtraigh | eachtracha | ||
| Genitive | eachtraí | eachtracha | eachtrach | |
| Dative | eachtrach; eachtrach¹ |
eachtrach; eachtraigh (archaic) |
eachtracha; eachtracha² | |
| Comparative | níos eachtraí | |||
| Superlative | is eachtraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- cluas eachtrach (“outer ear”)
- gnóthaí eachtracha (“foreign affairs”)
Adjective
eachtrach (genitive singular masculine eachtraigh, genitive singular feminine eachtraí, plural eachtracha, comparative eachtraí)
- adventurous, eventful
- Synonym: eachtrúil
Declension
Declension of eachtrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | eachtrach | eachtrach | eachtracha; eachtracha² | |
| Vocative | eachtraigh | eachtracha | ||
| Genitive | eachtraí | eachtracha | eachtrach | |
| Dative | eachtrach; eachtrach¹ |
eachtrach; eachtraigh (archaic) |
eachtracha; eachtracha² | |
| Comparative | níos eachtraí | |||
| Superlative | is eachtraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachtrach | n-eachtrach | heachtrach | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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