eascann

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish escong (“eel”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasˠkən̪ˠ/[3]
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæsˠkənˠ/[4] (corresponding to the alternative form eascon)

Noun

eascann f (genitive singular eascainne, nominative plural eascanna)

  1. eel
  2. reptile, snake

Declension

Declension of eascann (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative eascann eascanna
vocative a eascann a eascanna
genitive eascainne eascann
dative eascann eascanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an eascann na heascanna
genitive na heascainne na n-eascann
dative leis an eascann
don eascann 		leis na heascanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of eascann
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eascann n-eascann heascann not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “eascann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escong, esconga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 230, page 85
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30

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