eachtra

== Irish == === Alternative forms === achtra === Etymology === From Middle Irish echtra, from Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”), from Proto-Celtic *exteros. Compare Welsh eithr (“except, beyond”), Latin exter (“outer”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠəɾˠə/ (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaxt̪ˠɾˠə/ === Noun === eachtra f or m (genitive singular eachtra, nominative plural eachtraí) episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event tale experience anecdote ==== Declension ==== As a feminine noun (standard): As a masculine noun (nonstandard): ==== Synonyms ==== (episode, incident, affair, proceeding, event): teagmhas (anecdote): staróg, scéilín ==== Derived terms ==== fo-eachtra (“minor adventure; minor event, incident; minor anecdote”) eachtraíocht (“act of adventuring”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eaċtra”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 272 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eachtra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN