Eocairist

Irish

Etymology

From Late Latin eucharistia, from Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία (eukharistía, “gratitude, giving of thanks”).

Proper noun

Eocairist f (genitive Eocairiste)

1. (Christianity) the Eucharist, oblation

Declension

Declension of Eocairist (second declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative Eocairist vocative a Eocairist genitive Eocairiste dative Eocairist forms with the definite article singular nominative an Eocairist genitive na hEocairiste dative leis an Eocairist don Eocairist

Mutation

Mutated forms of Eocairist

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Eocairist	nEocairist	hEocairist	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Eocairist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Eocairist”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Eocairist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025