eala

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ela, elae, from Old Irish elu, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“swan”). Cognates within Celtic include Breton alarc’h, Cornish alargh, Welsh alarch, and outside Celtic Latin olor and Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh bird”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈalˠə/

Noun

eala f (genitive singular eala, nominative plural ealaí)

swan
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
  xøn̄ik mē ȧlə eŕ ə l̄ox.
  conventional orthography: Chonaic mé eala ar an loch.
  I saw a swan on the lake.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
  əs mō šḱihān ən ȧlə n̄ā šḱihān ǵē.
  conventional orthography: Is mó sciathán an eala ná sciathán gé.
  The wing of the swan is larger than the wing of a goose.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
  xuə šȧxt n-ȧlə harm̥ sn̥ ēr əńú.
  conventional orthography: Chuaigh seacht n-eala tharam san aer inniu.
  Seven swans went past me in the air today.

Declension

Declension of eala

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eala	ealaí
Vocative	a eala	a ealaí
Genitive	eala	ealaí
Dative	eala	ealaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an eala	na healaí
Genitive	na heala	na n-ealaí
Dative	leis an eala don eala	leis na healaí

Archaic dative singular: ealainn

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eala	n-eala	heala	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*elV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114–15
“1 ela” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“eala” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"eala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Old English

Alternative forms

ǣlā, hēlā

Etymology

Perhaps from a compound whose elements answer to hē (“hey”) +‎ lā (“lo”). Compare Old Frisian ēala (“hail!, hello!”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæːɑ̯lɑː/

Interjection

ēalā

oh!, alas!
Ēala! ðæt hit wurde.
Alas!, that it might be.

Derived terms

ēalā ġif

Descendants

Middle English: halloo, halow
- English: hallo, hello

Old Frisian

Interjection

ēala

hail!
Eala, frya Fresena!
Hail, free Frisians!

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ela.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛlˠa/

Noun

eala f (genitive singular ealaidh, plural ealachan)

swan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eala	n-eala	h-eala	t-eala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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