eaglais

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈaɡəl̪ˠəʃ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈaːɡlˠəʃ/
  • (Connemara) IPA(key): /ˈɑːɡlˠəʃ/
  • (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaɡlˠəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish eclais, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, nominative plural eaglaisí or eaglaiseacha)

  1. church
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 31:
      ḱŕeȷĭm sn̥ n̄ȳv ǡgləš xatəliḱəx.
      conventional orthography: Creidim san naomh Eaglais Chatoiliceach.
      I believe in the holy Catholic Church.

Usage notes

When referring to a building, eaglais is usually used only of Roman Catholic churches in Ireland; Protestant churches are called teampall. But an Eaglais is ‘the Church’ as an institution regardless of denomination: the Anglican Church of Ireland is called Eaglais na hÉireann in Irish.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, nominative plural eaglaisí or eaglaiseacha)

  1. Alternative form of eagaois (“gizzard”)

Declension

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • "eaglais" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “eclais, eclas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “eaglais” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “eaglais” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “eaglais” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish eclais, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

eaglais f (genitive singular eaglaise, plural eaglaisean)

  1. church, temple

Derived terms

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
  • “eclais, eclas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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