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eallach
eallach
Irish
Noun
eallach m (genitive singular eallaigh, nominative plural eallaí)
- cattle
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- ḱērd ə ńīs nə strænšəŕī šin ən̄šó? ȷīln̥̄ šēd ȧl̄əx.
- conventional orthography: Céard a níos na strainséirí sin anseo? Díolann siad eallach.
- What do those strangers do here? They sell cattle.
- conventional orthography: Céard a níos na strainséirí sin anseo? Díolann siad eallach.
- ḱērd ə ńīs nə strænšəŕī šin ən̄šó? ȷīln̥̄ šēd ȧl̄əx.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
Declension
Declension of eallach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eallach | n-eallach | heallach | t-eallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “1 ellach ‘act of joining; act of taking possession’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 ellach ‘cattle’” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “eallaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "eallach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ellach (“goods, property, livestock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaɫ̪əx/
Noun
eallach f, m (genitive singular eallacha, plural eallachan or eallaichean)
Usage notes
Always masculine in the west of Ross-shire.