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echlach

echlach

Middle Irish

Noun

echlach f ‎(ā-stem, genitive singular echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

Descendants

Irish: eachlach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
echlach	unchanged	n-echlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 echlach (‘messenger’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“2 echlach (‘prostitute’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From echall +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈexlax/

Noun

echlach f ‎(genitive echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

messenger, courier; attendant

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Middle Irish: echlach
- Irish: eachlach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
echlach	unchanged	n-echlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 echlach (‘messenger’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.