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.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /iːɑ̯sk/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /eːsk/

Noun

éasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)

1. flaw (in rock, in timber, etc.)

   Synonyms: fabht, locht

2. weak spot (in a person or thing)

   Synonym: laige

3. (seismology) fault (fracture in a rock formation)
4. 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éasc	n-éasc	héasc	t-éasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “éasc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “éasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22