éasc
Irish
Etymology
Unknown. Appears to be a recent word as it is not listed in the Dictionary of the Irish Language or the 1904 edition of Dinneen’s dictionary, and the Historical Irish Corpus has no entries from before the 20th century.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /iːɑ̯sk/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /eːsk/
Noun
éasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)
- flaw (in rock, in timber, etc.)
- Synonyms: fabht, locht
- weak spot (in a person or thing)
- Synonym: laige
- (seismology) fault (fracture in a rock formation)
- seam (line or depression)
Declension
Declension of éasc
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- umaréasc
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
éasc | n-éasc | héasc | t-éasc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “éasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “éasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “éasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22