Irish
- eagailseach, eaglasach
- eccailseach, ecclasach, egluisech (obsolete)
Etymology
From eaglais + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡlˠəsˠa(x)/[1] (corresponding to the form eaglasach)
Noun
eaglaiseach m (genitive singular eaglaisigh, nominative plural eaglaisigh)
- ecclesiastic, churchperson
- clergyperson
Declension
Declension of eaglaiseach (first declension)
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Adjective
eaglaiseach (genitive singular masculine eaglaisigh, genitive singular feminine eaglaisí, plural eaglaiseacha, not comparable)
- synonym of eaglasta
Declension
Declension of eaglaiseach
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singular
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plural
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| masculine
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feminine
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strong noun
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weak noun
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| nominative
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eaglaiseach
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eaglaiseach
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eaglaiseacha
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| vocative
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eaglaisigh
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eaglaiseacha
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| genitive
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eaglaisí
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eaglaiseacha
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eaglaiseach
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| dative
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eaglaiseach
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eaglaiseach;
eaglaisigh (archaic)
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eaglaiseacha
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| Comparative
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(not comparable)
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| Superlative
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(not comparable)
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Mutation
Mutated forms of eaglaiseach
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eaglaiseach
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n-eaglaiseach
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heaglaiseach
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not applicable
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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.
References
Further reading
- “eaglaiseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eclasach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ec(c)ailsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eaglaiseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eaglaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
