eachlach
Irish
Noun
eachlach m or f (genitive singular eachlaigh or eachlaí, nominative plural eachlaigh or eachlacha)
- courier
- attendant, messenger
- Synonyms: scéalaí, teachtaire
Declension
As masculine noun:
Declension of eachlach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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As feminine noun:
Declension of eachlach
Second declension
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Derived terms
- baneachlach (“female courier, messenger; horsewoman”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Irish echlach (“prostitute”), from Old Irish.
Declension
Declension of eachlach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachlach | n-eachlach | heachlach | t-eachlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eachlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “eachlach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 echlach (‘messenger’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 echlach (‘prostitute’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eachlach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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