eachdraidh

== Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish echtrad, from echtra (“tale, narrative, history”), from Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *exteros. Doublet of eachtradh. Cognate with Irish eachtra (“adventure”). Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛxkɾɪ/, /ˈɛxt̪ɾɪ/ === Noun === eachdraidh f (genitive singular eachdraidhe, plural eachdraidhean) history legend, tale (chiefly biblical) chronicle ==== Derived terms ==== beath-eachdraidh eachdraidheil fèin-eachdraidh ro-eachdraidheil === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “echtra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language