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eachlach

eachlach

Irish

Noun

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

  1. courier
  2. attendant, messenger
Declension

As masculine noun:

As feminine noun:

Etymology 2

From Old Irish echlach (prostitute).

Noun

eachlach f (genitive singular eachlaí, nominative plural eachlacha)

  1. (literary) prostitute
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

References

  • “eaċlaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.