Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish echmairt, a derived form of Old Irish ech (“horse”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaxmˠəɾˠtʲ/[2]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaxmˠəɾˠtʲ/[3], /ˈaxwəɾʲc/[4]
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 [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:tā ȧxmŕ̥c əŕ ə l̄āŕ. tā n l̄āŕ fȳ ȧxmŕ̥c.- [Tá eachmairt ar an láir./Tá an láir faoi eachmairt.]
- The mare is in heat.
Declension
Declension of eachmairt (second declension, no plural)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of eachmairt
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eachmairt
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n-eachmairt
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heachmairt
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not applicable
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 147, page 75
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 330, page 114
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 197, page 75
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