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.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /iːɑ̯sk/^[2]
(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
case	singular	plural
nominative	éasc	éisc
vocative	a éisc	a éasca
genitive	éisc	éasc
dative	éasc	éisc

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-éasc	na héisc
genitive	an éisc	na n-éasc
dative	leis an éasc don éasc	leis na héisc

Derived terms

umaréasc

Mutation

Mutated forms of *éasc*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éasc	n-éasc	héasc	t-éasc

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

References

^ “éasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 40, page 22