# eochair
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔxəɾʲ/
* (Munster) IPA: /ˈɞxəɾʲ/

### 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). Compare Scottish Gaelic iuchair.

#### 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

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
eochair
eochracha
vocative
a eochair
a eochracha
genitive
eochrach
eochracha
dative
eochair
eochracha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an eochair
na heochracha
genitive
na heochrach
na n-eochracha
dative
leis an eochair don eochair
leis na heochracha :

##### Derived terms

* dordeochair
* eochair altach
* eochair an doird
* eochair an teanóir
* eochair cloig
* eochair cóid
* eochair cruite
* eochair na tribile
* eochair sáibh
* eochair thochraiste
* eochair veidhlín
* eochairchlár
* eochairdheacracht
* eochairfhreagracht
* eochairléacht
* eochairthosaíocht
* faoi ghlas is eochair
* poll eochrach
* siogairlín eochrach

#### 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

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
eochair
eochracha
vocative
a eochair
a eochracha
genitive
eochrach
eochracha
dative
eochair
eochracha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an eochair
na heochracha
genitive
na heochrach
na n-eochracha
dative
leis an eochair don eochair
leis na heochracha :

#### 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.

#### Noun

eochair f (genitive singular eochra, nominative plural eochraí)
* Alternative form of eochraí (“spawn, fish roe”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
eochair
eochraí
vocative
a eochair
a eochraí
genitive
eochra
eochraí
dative
eochair
eochraí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an eochair
na heochraí
genitive
na heochra
na n-eochraí
dative
leis an eochair don eochair
leis na heochraí :

#### 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

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90
* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

## Old Irish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *exs-koris, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“turn, curve”) (whence cor and more distantly Latin curvus).

### 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
    Is foa n-indas-sin ro·gab in saltair .i. forgnuis óin-libuir dianechtair ocus ilsailm hi mmedón, fo chosmailius nacha tegdaise adamra co scrínaib ilardaib co n-itsudaib mrechtnaigdib, co n-eochraib saingnustaib do erslocud cach aí. Atá didiu eochair saingnuste ré cach salm .i. a thitul.In [that way] is the Psalter, to wit, the form of one book [on the outside], and many psalms within, like some glorious building with many shrines, with various treasure-houses, with special keys to open each one of them. There is however a special key before each psalm, to wit, its title.

#### Inflection

Feminine i-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | eochair | eochair$^L$ | eochrai$^H$ |
| Vocative | eochair | eochair$^L$ | eochrai$^H$ |
| Accusative | eochair$^N$ | eochair$^L$ | eochrai$^H$ |
| Genitive | eochro$^H$, eochra$^H$ | eochro$^H$, eochra$^H$ | eochrae$^N$ |
| Dative | eochair$^L$ | eochraib | eochraib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||
Feminine k-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | eochair | eochraig$^L$ | eochraig |
| Vocative | eochair | eochraig$^L$ | eochracha |
| Accusative | eochraig$^N$ | eochraig$^L$ | eochracha |
| Genitive | eochrach | eochrach | eochrach$^N$ |
| Dative | eochraig$^L$ | eochrachaib | eochrachaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

#### Descendants

* Middle Irish: eochair, echair
** Irish: eochair
** Scottish Gaelic: iuchair
** Manx: ogher

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

### 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