achadh

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

achadh m (genitive singular achaidh, nominative plural achaidh)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • Achadh Airt, Achadh Choinn (“Ireland”)
  • Achadh Conaire (“Achonry”)
  • Cúig Achadh Uisnigh (“the five fields of Uisneach, the five fifths of Ireland”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
    Bha sinn a' ceangal sguab san achadh. ― We were binding sheaves in the field.
  2. corn field newly cut or ready for reaping

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
achadhn-achadhh-achadht-achadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “achadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “achad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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