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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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
- "eachlach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “eaċlaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- “1 echlach (‘messenger’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 echlach (‘prostitute’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “eachlach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
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