eagaois

Irish

Alternative forms

• agaois, eaglais

Etymology

From Old Irish eclas; compare Breton elaz.

Noun

eagaois f (genitive singular eagaoise, nominative plural eagaoisí or eagaoiseacha)

1. (anatomy) gizzard

Declension

Declension of eagaois

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eagaois eagaoisí Vocative a eagaois a eagaoisí Genitive eagaoise eagaoisí Dative eagaois eagaoisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eagaois na heagaoisí Genitive na heagaoise na n-eagaoisí Dative leis an eagaois don eagaois leis na heagaoisí

• Alternative plural: eagaoiseacha

Derived terms

• péist eagaoise f (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eagaois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “gizzard”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “eagaois” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.