acalaí

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aclaid(e) (“acolyte”), from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).

Noun

acalaí m (genitive singular acalaí, nominative plural acalaithe)

1. (Christianity) acolyte

Declension

Declension of acalaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative acalaí acalaithe Vocative a acalaí a acalaithe Genitive acalaí acalaithe Dative acalaí acalaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acalaí na hacalaithe Genitive an acalaí na n-acalaithe Dative leis an acalaí don acalaí leis na hacalaithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acalaí	n-acalaí	hacalaí	t-acalaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acalaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “acolyte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 aclaid(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “acalaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.