imeachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish im[m]echtar (“extremity, outside, end”).

Noun

imeachtar m (genitive singular imeachtair)

  1. outer part, outside; outer region, outskirts

Declension

Declension of imeachtar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative imeachtar
vocative a imeachtair
genitive imeachtair
dative imeachtar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-imeachtar
genitive an imeachtair
dative leis an imeachtar
don imeachtar

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • éadach imeachtair (“outer garment”)
  • imeachtrach (“outer, external; further, remote”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of imeachtar
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
imeachtar n-imeachtar himeachtar not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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