eaglais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəl̪ˠəʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡlˠəʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɡlˠəʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡlˠəʃ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡlˠəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish eclais, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, nominative plural eaglaisí or eaglaiseacha)

1. church
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31:

     ḱŕeȷĭm sn̥ n̄ȳv ǡgləš xatəliḱəx.

     Creidim san naomh Eaglais Chatoiliceach. (conventional orthography)

     I believe in the holy Catholic Church.

Usage notes

• When referring to a building, eaglais is usually used only of Roman Catholic churches in Ireland; Protestant churches are called teampall. But an Eaglais is ‘the Church’ as an institution regardless of denomination: the Anglican Church of Ireland is called Eaglais na hÉireann in Irish.

Declension

Declension of eaglais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eaglais eaglaisí Vocative a eaglais a eaglaisí Genitive eaglaise eaglaisí Dative eaglais eaglaisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eaglais na heaglaisí Genitive na heaglaise na n-eaglaisí Dative leis an eaglais don eaglais leis na heaglaisí

• Alternative plural: eaglaiseacha

Derived terms

• ardeaglais f (“cathedral”)
• dí-eaglaisí m (“secularist”)
• dí-eaglaisigh (“secularize”, verb)
• Eaglais Chaitliceach f (“Catholic Church”)
• Eaglais Chaitliceach Rómhánach f (“Roman Catholic Church”)
• Eaglais na hÉireann f (“Church of Ireland”)
• Eaglais Shasana f (“Church of England”)
• eaglaiseach
• eaglaisiúil
• eaglasta
• íoseaglais f (“low church”)

 

Etymology 2

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, nominative plural eaglaisí or eaglaiseacha)

1. Alternative form of eagaois (“gizzard”)

Declension

Declension of eaglais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eaglais eaglaisí Vocative a eaglais a eaglaisí Genitive eaglaise eaglaisí Dative eaglais eaglaisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eaglais na heaglaisí Genitive na heaglaise na n-eaglaisí Dative leis an eaglais don eaglais leis na heaglaisí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eaglais	n-eaglais	heaglais	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eaglais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eclais, eclas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eaglais”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 276
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eaglais”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eaglais”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Eaglais.

Etymology

From Old Irish eclais, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Cognate with Irish eaglais and Manx agglish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈekl̪ˠɪʃ/
• Hyphenation: eag‧lais

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, plural eaglaisean)

1. church, temple

Declension

Declension of eaglais (class IIb feminine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eaglais	eaglaisean
Genitive	eaglaise	eaglaisean
Dative	eaglais	eaglaisean; eaglaisibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) eaglais	(na) h-eaglaisean
Genitive	(na) h-eaglaise	(nan) eaglaisean
Dative	(an) eaglais	(na) h-eaglaisean; h-eaglaisibh✝
Vocative	eaglais	eaglaisean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• cathair-eaglais (“cathedral”)
• Eaglais Chaitleach (“Catholic Church”)
• Eaglais Chléireach (“Presbyterian Church”)
• Eaglais Easbuigeach (“Episcopal Church”)
• Eaglais na h-Alba (“Church of Scotland”)
• Eaglais na Roimhe (“Church of Rome”)
• Eaglais Shaor Aonaichte (“United Free Church”)
• Eaglais Shaor Chléireach (“Free Presbyterian Church”)
• eaglaiseil (“ecclesiastical”, adjective)
• maor-eaglaise (“beadle”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eaglais	n-eaglais	h-eaglais	t-eaglais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “eaglais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Colin Mark (2003) “eaglais”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 255
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eclais, eclas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language