easpag

Irish

Alternative forms

• easbog, easpog (superseded)
• eascob (obsolete)

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier eascob, from Old Irish epscop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”). Cognate with Manx aspick and Scottish Gaelic easbaig.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠəɡ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, (influenced by the suffix -óg) /ˈæsˠpˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠək/

Noun

easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)

1. (Christianity, chess) bishop
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:

     ə givnīn̄ tū ḱē n sōŕc l̄ā vī ān̄, ən uər ȷeŕnəx ə hāniǵ ə c-æspəg? kivnīm.

     [An gcuimhníonn tú cén sórt lá a bhí ann an uair deireanach a tháinig an t-easpag? Cuimhním.]

     Do you remember what kind of day it was the last time the bishop came? I do.

Declension

Declension of easpag

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative easpag easpaig Vocative a easpaig a easpaga Genitive easpaig easpag Dative easpag easpaig

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-easpag na heaspaig Genitive an easpaig na n-easpag Dative leis an easpag don easpag leis na heaspaig

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “easpog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 281
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “easpag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “easpag” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “easpag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.