eachaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish echaire (“horse-keeper, groom”), from ech (“horse”) (compare modern each).

Noun

eachaire m (genitive singular eachaire, nominative plural eachairí)

1. horse-attendant, groom

Declension

Declension of eachaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eachaire eachairí vocative a eachaire a eachairí genitive eachaire eachairí dative eachaire eachairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eachaire na heachairí genitive an eachaire na n-eachairí dative leis an eachaire don eachaire leis na heachairí

Related terms

• eachaí (“horseman, jockey”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eachaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachaire	n-eachaire	heachaire	t-eachaire

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN