eachtrán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish echtar (“without, outside”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht - Ráth Chairn) IPA(key): /ˈax.tˠɾˠɑːɴˠ/
  • (Munster - Dingle) IPA(key): /ax.ˈtˠɾˠɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster - Gweedore) IPA(key): /ˈax.tˠɾˠɑːɴˠ/

Noun

eachtrán m (genitive singular eachtráin, nominative plural eachtráin)

  1. (science fiction) alien

Declension
Declension of eachtrán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative eachtrán eachtráin
Vocative a eachtráin a eachtrána
Genitive eachtráin eachtrán
Dative eachtrán eachtráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-eachtrán na heachtráin
Genitive an eachtráin na n-eachtrán
Dative leis an eachtrán

don eachtrán

 leis na heachtráin

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eachtrán n-eachtrán heachtrán t-eachtrán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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