eachtra

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish echtra, from echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *extro-. Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠɾˠə/

Noun

eachtra f (genitive singular eachtra, nominative plural eachtraí)

episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event
tale
experience
anecdote

Declension

Declension of eachtra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eachtra	eachtraí
Vocative	a eachtra	a eachtraí
Genitive	eachtra	eachtraí
Dative	eachtra	eachtraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an eachtra	na heachtraí
Genitive	na heachtra	na n-eachtraí
Dative	leis an eachtra don eachtra	leis na heachtraí

Synonyms

(episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event): teagmhas
(anecdote): staróg, scéilín

Derived terms

fo-eachtra (“minor adventure; minor event, incident; minor anecdote”)
eachtraíocht (“act of adventuring”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachtra	n-eachtra	heachtra	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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