echlach

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish echlach.

Noun

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

  1. messenger, courier; attendant
  2. prostitute

Descendants

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  • Irish: eachlach

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From echall +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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echlach f (genitive echlaige, nominative plural echlacha)

  1. messenger, courier; attendant

Inflection

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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

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
echlach
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
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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