echlach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish echlach.

Noun

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

  1. messenger, courier; attendant
  2. prostitute

Descendants

  • Irish: eachlach

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
echlachunchangedn-echlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From echall + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈexlax/

Noun

echlach f (genitive echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

  1. messenger, courier; attendant

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative echlachL echlaigL echlachaH
Vocative echlachL echlaigL echlachaH
Accusative echlaigN echlaigL echlachaH
Genitive echlaigeH echlachL echlachN
Dative echlaigL echlachaib echlachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

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

Further reading

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