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/

Noun

eochair f (genitive singular eochrach, nominative plural eochracha)

  1. key
    An bhfuil eochair an tí agat?
    Do you have the house key?
  2. (music) key; clef

Declension
Declension of eochair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eochair eochracha
Vocative a eochair a eochracha
Genitive eochrach eochracha
Dative eochair eochracha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an eochair na heochracha
Genitive na heochrach na n-eochracha
Dative leis an eochair

don eochair

 leis na heochracha

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
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. 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.

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