eochair
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *eks-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence Latin curvus).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic iuchair.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔxəɾʲ/
Declension
Declension of eochair
Fifth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- an eochair altach f (“alto clef”)
- dordeochair f (“bass clef”)
- eochair an doird f (“the bass clef”)
- eochair an teanóir f (“the tenor clef”)
- eochairchlár m (“keyboard”)
- eochair cloig f (“key of clock”)
- eochair cóid f (“key(-word) to code”)
- eochair cruite f (“harp wrest”)
- eochairdheacracht f (“key difficulty”)
- eochair dorais f (“key of door”)
- eochairfhreagracht f (“key responsibility”)
- eochairléacht f (“keynote lecture”)
- eochair na tribile f (“the treble clef”)
- eochair sáibh f (“saw-set”)
- eochair thochraiste f (“winding key”)
- eochairthosaíocht f (“key priority”)
- eochair tí f (“key of house”)
- eochair veidhlín f (“violin peg”)
- faoi ghlas is eochair (“under lock and key”)
- poll eochrach m (“keyhole”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eochair | n-eochair | heochair | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
- “eochair” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Further reading
- “1 eochair, echair” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- "eochair" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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