eala
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Irish ela, elae, from Old Irish elu, from Proto-Celtic *eli- (“swan”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- (“swan”). Cognates within Celtic include Breton alarc’h, Cornish alargh, Welsh alarch, and outside Celtic Latin olor and Ancient Greek ἐλέα (eléa, “marsh bird”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eala f (genitive singular eala, nominative plural ealaí)
- swan
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- xøn̄ik mē ȧlə eŕ ə l̄ox.
- conventional orthography: Chonaic mé eala ar an loch.
- I saw a swan on the lake.
- conventional orthography: Chonaic mé eala ar an loch.
- xøn̄ik mē ȧlə eŕ ə l̄ox.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- əs mō šḱihān ən ȧlə n̄ā šḱihān ǵē.
- conventional orthography: Is mó sciathán an eala ná sciathán gé.
- The wing of the swan is larger than the wing of a goose.
- conventional orthography: Is mó sciathán an eala ná sciathán gé.
- əs mō šḱihān ən ȧlə n̄ā šḱihān ǵē.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
- xuə šȧxt n-ȧlə harm̥ sn̥ ēr əńú.
- conventional orthography: Chuaigh seacht n-eala tharam san aer inniu.
- Seven swans went past me in the air today.
- conventional orthography: Chuaigh seacht n-eala tharam san aer inniu.
- xuə šȧxt n-ȧlə harm̥ sn̥ ēr əńú.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 22:
DeclensionEdit
Declension of eala
- Archaic dative singular: ealainn
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eala | n-eala | heala | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
ReferencesEdit
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*elV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114–15
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 ela”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- “eala” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- "eala" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Old EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Perhaps from a compound whose elements answer to hē (“hey”) + lā (“lo”). Compare Old Frisian ēala (“hail!, hello!”).
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
ēalā
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old FrisianEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
eala f (genitive singular ealaidh, plural ealachan)
MutationEdit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eala | n-eala | h-eala | t-eala |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |