echlach

== Middle Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish echlach. === Noun === echlach f (ā-stem, genitive singular echlaige, nominative plural echlacha) messenger, courier; attendant prostitute ==== Descendants ==== Irish: eachlach === Mutation === === Further reading === 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 == Old Irish == === Etymology === From echall +‎ -ach. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈe.xləx/ (Blasse) [ˈe.xlax] (Griffith) [ˈe.xləx] === Noun === echlach f (genitive echlaige, nominative plural echlacha) messenger, courier; attendant ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: echlach Irish: eachlach === Mutation === === Further reading === 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