eallach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ellach (“goods, property, livestock”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈal̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

eallach m (genitive singular eallaigh, nominative plural eallaí)

1. cattle

Declension

Declension of eallach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative eallach eallaí vocative a eallaigh a eallaí genitive eallaigh eallaí dative eallach eallaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-eallach na heallaí genitive an eallaigh na n-eallaí dative leis an eallach don eallach leis na heallaí

Quotations

• 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 22:

  ḱērd ə ńīs nə strænšəŕī šin ən̄šó? ȷīln̥̄ šēd ȧl̄əx.

  [Céard a níos na strainséirí sin anseo? Díolann siad eallach.]

  What do those strangers do here? They sell cattle.

• 1906, E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal (overall work in English), Cambridge University Press, § 253, page 91:

  lʹeʃ ə NʹαLαχ

  [leis an eallach]

  with the cattle

Mutation

Mutated forms of eallach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eallach	n-eallach	heallach	t-eallach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 277
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ellach (“goods, property, livestock”).

Pronunciation

• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈjal̪ˠəx/
• (Skye) IPA^(key): /ˈe̯al̪ˠəx/

Noun

eallach f or m (genitive singular eallacha, plural eallachan or eallaichean)

1. burden, armful, load
2. trick
3. battle, charge
4. bracket
5. herd
6. cattle given as tocher or dot

Usage notes

• Always masculine in the west of Ross-shire.

Mutation

Mutation of eallach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eallach	n-eallach	h-eallach	t-eallach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.