eagla

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ecla.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡəl̪ˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡlə/
• (Connemara, Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɨ̞ɡlˠə/

Noun

eagla f (genitive singular eagla)

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

   Synonym: faitíos

   Tá eagla orm roimh damháin alla.

   I am afraid of spiders.

   (literally, “Fear is on me before spiders.”)

   Tháinig eagla air.

   He became afraid.

   (literally, “Fear came upon him.”)

   Bhuail eagla í.

   She was seized with fear.

   (literally, “Fear struck her.”)

   Chuiris eagla orm.

   You frightened me.

   (literally, “You put fear on me.”)

Declension

Declension of eagla

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative eagla Vocative a eagla Genitive eagla Dative eagla

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an eagla Genitive na heagla Dative leis an eagla don eagla

Derived terms

• eaglach
• eaglaí

Related terms

• eagal

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ecla”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eagla”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 275
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 31
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75