achadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish achad m (expanse of ground; pasture, field; field of battle).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈaxə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈaxuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaxu/

Noun

achadh m (genitive singular achaidh, nominative plural achaidh)

  1. (archaic, otherwise almost only in place names) field

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
achadh n-achadh hachadh t-achadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish achad m (expanse of ground; pasture, field; field of battle).

Noun

achadh m (genitive singular achaidh, plural achaidhean or achaidhnean)

  1. field, plain, meadow
  2. corn field newly cut or ready for reaping
    • Bha sinn a' ceangal sguab 's an achadh.
      We were binding sheaves in the field.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
achadh n-achadh h-achadh t-achadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • achad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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