eachra

Irish

Alternative forms

• eachradh, eachraidh (obsolete)

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

From Middle Irish echrad. By surface analysis, each (“horse”) +‎ -ra (collective suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxɾˠə/

Noun

eachra m (genitive singular eachra, nominative plural eachraí)

1. (collective) horses
2. (collective, military) cavalry, horse (cavalry soldiers)

   Synonym: marcra

3. (collective) stable (all the racehorses belonging to a particular owner)
4. (countable) a team of horses
5. (countable, military) cavalcade

Declension

Declension of eachra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eachra eachraí vocative a eachra a eachraí genitive eachra eachraí dative eachra eachraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eachra na heachraí genitive an eachra na n-eachraí dative leis an eachra don eachra leis na heachraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of eachra

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachra	n-eachra	heachra	t-eachra

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) “eachraiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eachra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eachra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025