eachmairt
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaxməɾʲtʲ/
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.
- Tá eachmairt ar an láir./Tá an láir faoi eachmairt. (conventional orthography)
- The mare is in heat.
- 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 | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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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