arathar

Irish

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *aratrom (“plough”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.

Noun

arathar m (genitive singular arathair)

(literary, agriculture) ploughing equipment, plough; ploughing

Declension

Declension of arathar

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	arathar
Vocative	a arathair
Genitive	arathair
Dative	arathar

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-arathar
Genitive	an arathair
Dative	leis an arathar don arathar

Mutation

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

Further reading

"arathar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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