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eachlach
eachlach
Irish
Noun
eachlach m, f (genitive singular eachlaigh or eachlaí, nominative plural eachlaigh or eachlacha)
Declension
As masculine noun:
Declension of eachlach
First declension
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As feminine noun:
Declension of eachlach
Second declension
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish echlach (“prostitute”).
Noun
eachlach f (genitive singular eachlaí, nominative plural eachlacha)
- (literary) prostitute
Declension
Declension of eachlach
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eachlach | n-eachlach | heachlach | t-eachlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “eaċlaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.