eochair

== Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈoxəɾʲ/, /ˈɞxəɾʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔxəɾʲ/, /ˈɔhəɾʲ/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Irish eochair, from Old Irish eochair, from Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence Latin curvus). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iuchair and Manx ogher. ==== Noun ==== eochair f (genitive singular eochrach, nominative plural eochracha) key An bhfuil eochair an tí agat? ― Do you have the house key? (music) key; clef ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 eochair, echair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish ochair, a specialized use of fochair (“nearness, proximity”). ==== Noun ==== eochair f (genitive singular eochrach, nominative plural eochracha) brim, brink, edge, border ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “7 eochair, ochair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Etymology 3 === From Middle Irish iuchair, from Proto-Celtic *ikūr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥. ==== Noun ==== eochair f (genitive singular eochra, nominative plural eochraí) alternative form of eochraí (“spawn, fish roe”) ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eochair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “eoċair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 287 Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “iuchair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language === Mutation === === References === == Old Irish == === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence cor and more distantly Latin curvus). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈeu̯xɨɾʲ] === Noun === eochair f key Old Irish treatise on the Psalter, published in Hibernica Minora, (1894, Oxford: Clarendon Press), edited and with translations by Kuno Meyer, line 216 ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: eochair, echair Irish: eochair Scottish Gaelic: iuchair Manx: ogher === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 eochair, echair”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language