earra

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɾˠə/[1]

Etymology 1

From a conflation of Old Irish errad (equipping; military equipment)[2][3] and Old Irish arrae (payment).[4]

Alternative forms

Noun

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

  1. goods, merchandise
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 26:
      rińəmr̥ rød mŭȧ əńḗ, mar jīləmr̥ gə tarvr̥[5] 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, 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[6] ceannacht ar an earra.]
      We would open another business if we thought the merchandise would sell well.
  2. commodity
Declension
Alternative declension as feminine
Derived terms
  • bogearraí m pl (software)
  • crua-earra m ((article of) hardware)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

earra f pl

  1. nominative/dative plural of earr

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earra n-earra hearra not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 errad, erriud, irrad ‘equipping, military equipment’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 errad, irrad ‘ware, merchandise’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “arrae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. On p. 257 the author corrects tarvr̥ to tarəvəx.
  6. Sic; one would expect mbeadh.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

earra

  1. genitive singular of eàrr

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
earran-earrah-earrat-earra
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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