eadra

Irish

Alternative forms
  • eadarshudh, eadarshuth, eadartha, eadarthráth, eadradh, eatramh

Etymology

From Middle Irish etrud. Possibly connected with Old Irish eter (“between”) (whence idir and Scottish Gaelic eadar), though this may be folk etymology. The spelling eadarshudh/eadarshuth (literally “between-sitting”) is certainly folk-etymological. The form eadarthráth goes back to Middle Irish etarthráth (“noontide, midday”, literally “between-time”) and may originally be etymologically distinct.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠhə/[1] (corresponding to the form eadartha)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈad̪ˠəɾˠə/[2]

Noun

eadra m (genitive singular eadra, nominative plural eadraí)

  1. milking time (especially in the morning or late morning)
  2. the time spent grazing by cattle before milking
  3. (rare) noon
    Synonyms: meán lae, nóin

Declension
Declension of eadra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eadra eadraí
Vocative a eadra a eadraí
Genitive eadra eadraí
Dative eadra eadraí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-eadra na headraí
Genitive an eadra na n-eadraí
Dative leis an eadra

don eadra

 leis na headraí

Derived terms
  • codail go headra (“to sleep late”)
  • déan an t-eadra (“to tend cattle during the morning grazing”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eadra n-eadra headra 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. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71

Further reading
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