acalaí
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish aclaid(e) (“acolyte”), from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).
Noun
acalaí m (genitive singular acalaí, nominative plural acalaithe)
- (Christianity) acolyte
Declension
Declension of acalaí
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
acalaí | n-acalaí | hacalaí | t-acalaí |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “acalaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “acolyte” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 aclaid(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “acalaí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.