From a conflation ofOld Irish errad ( “ equipping; military equipment ” ) [ 3] [ 4] Old Irish arrae ( “ payment ” ) .[ 5]
earra m or f genitive singular earra nominative plural earraí
goods ,merchandise 1899 Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect 26 rińəmr̥ rød mŭȧ əńḗ, mar jīləmr̥ gə tarvr̥ [ 6] n̥ȧrə vī agń̥. [Rinneamar rud maith inné mar dhíolamar go tairbheach anearra a bhí againn.] We did good business yesterday, as we sold the goods we had at a good price. 1899 Die araner mundart The Aran Dialect 26 d osklōx myȷ gnō elə, ʒā ǵȧpax myȷ, gə vefī ḱȧn̄əxt əŕ n̥ȧrə . [D’osclódh muid gnó eile dhá gceapadh muid go bheifí[ 7] earra .] We would open another business if we thought the merchandise would sell well. commodity Alternative declension as feminine See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
earra f pl
nominative / dative plural ofearr Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 )Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry 75 –147 ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 )A Dialect of Donegal § 315 111 ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “1 errad, erriud, irrad ‘equipping, military equipment’ ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “2 errad, irrad ‘ware, merchandise’ ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “arrae ”, ineDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language ^ On p. 257 the author correctstarvr̥ totarəvəx . ^ Sic; one would expectmbeadh Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927 ) “arra ‘payment, tribute, wages’ ”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “arraḋ ‘article of merchandise’”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page40 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “earraḋ ‘property, goods’”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page279 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “iorraḋ ‘household stuff, furniture’”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society,page409 Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927 ) “urraḋ ‘chattels, utensils’ ”, inFoclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “earra ”, inFoclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm,→ISBN earra
genitive singular ofeàrr Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
