eachlach

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish echlach (“messenger, courier; attendant”).

Noun

eachlach m or f (genitive singular eachlaigh or eachlaí, nominative plural eachlaigh or eachlacha)

  1. courier
  2. attendant, messenger
    Synonyms: scéalaí, teachtaire
Declension

As masculine noun:

Declension of eachlach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eachlach eachlaigh
vocative a eachlaigh a eachlacha
genitive eachlaigh eachlach
dative eachlach eachlaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-eachlach na heachlaigh
genitive an eachlaigh na n-eachlach
dative leis an eachlach
don eachlach 		leis na heachlaigh

As feminine noun:

Declension of eachlach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eachlach eachlacha
vocative a eachlach a eachlacha
genitive eachlaí eachlach
dative eachlach
eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		eachlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an eachlach na heachlacha
genitive na heachlaí na n-eachlach
dative leis an eachlach
leis an eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don eachlach
don eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na heachlacha
Derived terms
  • baneachlach (“female courier, messenger; horsewoman”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish echlach (“prostitute”), from Old Irish.

Noun

eachlach f (genitive singular eachlaí, nominative plural eachlacha)

  1. (literary) prostitute
Declension
Declension of eachlach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative eachlach eachlacha
vocative a eachlach a eachlacha
genitive eachlaí eachlach
dative eachlach
eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		eachlacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an eachlach na heachlacha
genitive na heachlaí na n-eachlach
dative leis an eachlach
leis an eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don eachlach
don eachlaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na heachlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of eachlach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eachlach n-eachlach heachlach t-eachlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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