eaglaiseach

Irish

Alternative forms

• eagailseach, eaglasach
• eccailseach, ecclasach, egluisech (obsolete)

Etymology

From eaglais +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡlˠəsˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the form eaglasach)

Noun

eaglaiseach m (genitive singular eaglaisigh, nominative plural eaglaisigh)

1. ecclesiastic, churchperson
2. clergyperson

Declension

Declension of eaglaiseach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eaglaiseach eaglaisigh vocative a eaglaisigh a eaglaiseacha genitive eaglaisigh eaglaiseach dative eaglaiseach eaglaisigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eaglaiseach na heaglaisigh genitive an eaglaisigh na n-eaglaiseach dative leis an eaglaiseach don eaglaiseach leis na heaglaisigh

Adjective

eaglaiseach (genitive singular masculine eaglaisigh, genitive singular feminine eaglaisí, plural eaglaiseacha, not comparable)

1. Synonym of eaglasta

Declension

Declension of eaglaiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	eaglaiseach	eaglaiseach	eaglaiseacha
vocative	eaglaisigh		eaglaiseacha
genitive		eaglaisí	eaglaiseacha	eaglaiseach
dative	eaglaiseach	eaglaiseach; eaglaisigh (archaic)	eaglaiseacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eaglaiseach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eaglaiseach	n-eaglaiseach	heaglaiseach	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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