ecla

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish eclae, from ess- + gal (“valor”). By surface analysis, ecal +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɡlə/

Noun

ecla f

1. fear
2. dread

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: eagla
• Manx: aggle
• Scottish Gaelic: eagal

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