éasca

See also: easca, eascã, and -ească

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish éscae, from Proto-Celtic *eiskyom (compare Manx eayst).

    Noun

    éasca m (genitive singular éasca)

    1. moon
    Declension
    Declension of éasca (fourth declension, no plural)
    bare forms
    singular
    nominative éasca
    vocative a éasca
    genitive éasca
    dative éasca
    forms with the definite article
    singular
    nominative an t-éasca
    genitive an éasca
    dative leis an éasca
    don éasca
    Synonyms

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish éscaid (“alert, eager”), from é- (“un-”) + scíth (“tired”) (from Proto-Celtic *skītos). Related to Welsh esgud.

      Adjective

      éasca

      1. nimble
      2. free-flowing, fluent, easy; ready
      Derived terms

      Etymology 3

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Noun

      éasca

      1. vocative plural of éasc

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of éasca
      radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
      éasca n-éasca héasca t-éasca

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

      References

      1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 95
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