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eochair.

key

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈoxəɾʲ/Connacht, Munster/ˈɞxəɾʲ/Connacht, Munster/ˈɔxəɾʲ/Ulster/ˈɔhəɾʲ/Ulster
  1. key

    feminine
    An bhfuil eochair an tí agat?
  2. key; clef

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic iuchair and Manx ogher.

noun/ˈoxəɾʲ/Connacht, Munster/ˈɞxəɾʲ/Connacht, Munster/ˈɔxəɾʲ/Ulster/ˈɔhəɾʲ/Ulster
  1. brim, brink, edge, border

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish ochair, a specialized use of fochair (“nearness, proximity”).

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