eachmairt
Irish
Etymology
| PIE word |
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| *h₁éḱwos |
From Middle Irish echmairt, a derived form of Old Irish ech (“horse”).[1]
Noun
eachmairt f (genitive singular eachmairte)
- copulation (between horses)
- heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile) (in mares)
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:
- tā ȧxmŕ̥c əŕ ə l̄āŕ. tā n l̄āŕ fȳ ȧxmŕ̥c.
- [Tá eachmairt ar an láir./Tá an láir faoi eachmairt.]
- The mare is in heat.
Declension
Declension of eachmairt
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachmairt | n-eachmairt | heachmairt | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eaċmairt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachmairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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