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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:

More information bare forms, singular ...
Declension of eachlach (first declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-eachlach na heachlaigh
genitive an eachlaigh na n-eachlach
dative leis an eachlach
don eachlach
leis na heachlaigh
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As feminine noun:

More information bare forms, singular ...
Declension of eachlach (second declension)
forms with the definite article
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
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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
More information bare forms, singular ...
Declension of eachlach (second declension)
forms with the definite article
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
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Mutation

More information radical, eclipsis ...
Mutated forms of eachlach
radicaleclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
eachlach n-eachlach heachlach t-eachlach
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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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