eachlach

== Irish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Irish echlach (“messenger, courier; attendant”). ==== Noun ==== eachlach m or f (genitive singular eachlaigh or eachlaí, nominative plural eachlaigh or eachlacha) courier attendant, messenger Synonyms: scéalaí, teachtaire ===== Declension ===== As masculine noun: As feminine noun: ===== Derived terms ===== baneachlach (“female courier, messenger; horsewoman”) === Etymology 2 === From Middle Irish echlach (“prostitute”), from Old Irish. ==== Noun ==== eachlach f (genitive singular eachlaí, nominative plural eachlacha) (literary) prostitute ===== Declension ===== === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eachlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “eaċlaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 384; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 echlach (‘messenger’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 echlach (‘prostitute’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “eachlach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm