easbhaidh

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

easbhaidh f (genitive singular easbhadha, nominative plural easbhadha)

  1. Ulster form of easpa (“lack, want, absence”)

Declension

Declension of easbhaidh (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative easbhaidh easbhadha
vocative a easbhaidh a easbhadha
genitive easbhadha easbhadh
dative easbhaidh easbhadha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an easbhaidh na heasbhadha
genitive na heasbhadha na n-easbhadh
dative leis an easbhaidh
don easbhaidh 		leis na heasbhadha

Mutation

Mutated forms of easbhaidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
easbhaidh n-easbhaidh heasbhaidh 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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 75

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish esba, espa, from Old Irish esbae, espe (“uselessness, idleness”), from ess- + bae (“good, profit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

easbhaidh f (genitive singular easbhaidhe, plural easbhaidhean)

  1. lack, want, absence, deficiency, deficit

Mutation

Mutation of easbhaidh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
easbhaidh n-easbhaidh h-easbhaidh t-easbhaidh

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 220
  2. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN, page 396
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