eallach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ellach (“goods, property, livestock”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

eallach m (genitive singular eallaigh, nominative plural eallaí)

1. cattle
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:

     ḱērd ə ńīs nə strænšəŕī šin ən̄šó? ȷīln̥̄ šēd ȧl̄əx.

     [Céard a níos na strainséirí sin anseo? Díolann siad eallach.]

     What do those strangers do here? They sell cattle.

   • 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 253, page 91:

     lʹeʃ ə NʹαLαχ

     [leis an eallach]

     with the cattle

Declension

Declension of eallach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative eallach eallaí Vocative a eallaigh a eallaí Genitive eallaigh eallaí Dative eallach eallaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-eallach na heallaí Genitive an eallaigh na n-eallaí Dative leis an eallach don eallach leis na heallaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
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.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 277
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ellach (“goods, property, livestock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaɫ̪əx/

Noun

eallach f or m (genitive singular eallacha, plural eallachan or eallaichean)

1. burden, armful, load
2. trick
3. battle, charge
4. bracket
5. herd
6. cattle given as tocher or dot

Usage notes

Always masculine in the west of Ross-shire.

Mutation

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