eagla

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ecla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡlˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəlˠə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡlə/

Noun

eagla f (genitive singular eagla)

1. fear (with ar + the person fearing and roimh + the person or thing feared)

   Tá eagla orm roimh damháin alla.

   I am afraid of spiders. (lit. ‘Fear is on me before spiders.’)

   Tháinig eagla air.

   He became afraid. (lit. ‘Fear came upon him.’)

   Bhuail eagla í.

   She was seized with fear. (lit. ‘Fear struck her.’)

   Synonym: faitíos

Declension

Declension of eagla

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative eagla Vocative a eagla Genitive eagla Dative eagla

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an eagla Genitive na heagla Dative leis an eagla don eagla

Derived terms

• cuir eagla ar
• eaglach
• eaglaí

 

Related terms

• eagal

Mutation

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN