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

Mutated forms of eachtrán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eachtrán	n-eachtrán	heachtrán	t-eachtrán

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

References

• focal.ie - Dictionary of Irish Terms - Foclóir Téarmaíochta
• 💬 at 2022 Phonetics and Speech Laboratory