earr

See also: eàrr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish err (“hinder-part, end, tail”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érsos (“backside, buttocks”) (compare English arse and German Arsch).

Noun

earr f (genitive singular eirre, nominative plural earra)

1. end, extremity, tail

   Synonyms: cúl, deireadh

2. (literary) banner

Declension

Declension of earr (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative earr earra vocative a earr a earra genitive eirre earr dative earr earra forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an earr na hearra genitive na heirre na n-earr dative leis an earr don earr leis na hearra

Derived terms

• bandearrach (“ring-tailed”, adjective)
• earr-rua an earraigh (“large red damselfly”)
• earrdheargán m (“redstart”)
• earrdhubh (“black-tailed”, adjective)
• earrfhada (“long-tailed”, adjective)
• stríocearrach (“bar-tailed”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of earr

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earr	n-earr	hearr	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “err”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

earr m or f (genitive singular earra, plural earran)

1. Alternative spelling of eàrr

Mutation

Mutation of earr

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earr	n-earr	h-earr	t-earr

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