Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish eclas; compare Breton elaz.
Noun
eagaois f (genitive singular eagaoise, nominative plural eagaoisí or eagaoiseacha)
- (anatomy) gizzard
Declension
Declension of eagaois (second declension)
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Derived terms
- péist eagaoise f (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of eagaois
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eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| eagaois
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n-eagaois
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heagaois
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not applicable
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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) “eagaois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “gizzard”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eagaois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm