eclais
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησίᾱ (ekklēsíā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eclais f (genitive ecailse or ecolso)
- The Christian Church, as an institution
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c20
- i n-ellug inna æcaillse
- in union with the church
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 65d5
- rocar crist innęclais
- Christ loving the church
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c20
- a local church or community of believers
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16d6
- ↄdidaccadar cach eclis glosses ostendite in facie aeclesiarum
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 16d6
- clergy
- a church, a building for worship
Inflection edit
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | eclaisL | eclaisL | ecailseaH |
Vocative | eclaisL | eclaisL | ecailseaH |
Accusative | eclaisN | eclaisL | ecailseaH |
Genitive | ecailseH | eclaisL | eclaisN |
Dative | eclaisL | ecailsib | ecailsib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Feminine i-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | eclais | eclaisL | ecailsiH |
Vocative | eclais | eclaisL | ecailsiH |
Accusative | eclaisN | eclaisL | ecailsiH |
Genitive | ecolsoH, ecolsaH | ecolsoH, ecolsaH | ecailseN |
Dative | eclaisL | ecailsib | ecailsib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “eclais, eclas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language