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eachmairt
eachmairt
Irish
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, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- tā ȧxmŕ̥c əŕ ə l̄āŕ. tā n l̄āŕ fȳ ȧxmŕ̥c.
- conventional orthography: Tá eachmairt ar an láir./Tá an láir faoi eachmairt.
- The mare is in heat.
- conventional orthography: Tá eachmairt ar an láir./Tá an láir faoi eachmairt.
- tā ȧxmŕ̥c əŕ ə l̄āŕ. tā n l̄āŕ fȳ ȧxmŕ̥c.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
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 | t-eachmairt |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “ech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “eaċmairt” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "eachmairt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.