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eaglais
eaglais
Irish
Noun
eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, nominative plural eaglaisí)
- church
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:
- ḱŕeȷĭm sn̥ n̄ȳv ǡgləš xatəliḱəx.
- conventional orthography: Creidim san naomh Eaglais Chatoiliceach.
- I believe in the holy Catholic Church.
- conventional orthography: Creidim san naomh Eaglais Chatoiliceach.
- ḱŕeȷĭm sn̥ n̄ȳv ǡgləš xatəliḱəx.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:
Declension
Declension of eaglais
Second declension
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Usage notes
When referring to a building, eaglais is usually used only of Roman Catholic churches in Ireland; Protestant churches are called teampall. But an Eaglais is ‘the Church’ as an institution regardless of denomination: the Anglican Church of Ireland is called Eaglais na hÉireann in Irish.
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Mutation
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| eaglais | n-eaglais | heaglais | t-eaglais |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “eclais, eclas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “eaglais” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "eaglais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish eclais, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).
Noun
eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, plural eaglaisean)
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References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)