eclais

Old Irish[edit]

FWOTD – 6 November 2021

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. 22^c20
  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. 65^d5
  rocar crist innęclais
  Christ loving the church
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. 16^d6
  ↄdidaccadar cach eclis glosses ostendite in facie aeclesiarum
clergy
a church, a building for worship

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	eclais^L	eclais^L	ecailsea^H
Vocative	eclais^L	eclais^L	ecailsea^H
Accusative	eclais^N	eclais^L	ecailsea^H
Genitive	ecailse^H	eclais^L	eclais^N
Dative	eclais^L	ecailsib	ecailsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Feminine i-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	eclais	eclais^L	ecailsi^H
Vocative	eclais	eclais^L	ecailsi^H
Accusative	eclais^N	eclais^L	ecailsi^H
Genitive	ecolso^H, ecolsa^H	ecolso^H, ecolsa^H	ecailse^N
Dative	eclais^L	ecailsib	ecailsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization