Irish

Noun

eagla f ‎(genitive singular eagla)

1. fear (with ar + the person fearing and roimh + the person or thing feared)

   Tá eagla orm roimh damháin alla.‎

   I am afraid of spiders. (lit. ‘Fear is on me before spiders.’)

   Tháinig eagla air.‎

   He became afraid. (lit. ‘Fear came upon him.’)

   Bhuail eagla í.‎

   She was seized with fear. (lit. ‘Fear struck her.’)

Declension

Synonyms

• faitíos

Derived terms

• cuir eagla ar
• eaglach
• eaglaí

Related terms

• eagal

Mutation

References

• “ecla” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “eagla” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 31.
• "eagla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.