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Irish
Etymology
From eas + -óg.
Pronunciation
Noun
easóg f (genitive singular easóige, nominative plural easóga)
- ermine, stoat (Mustela erminea)
- Synonyms: cailín bán, eas
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| easóg
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n-easóg
|
heasóg
|
not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin , § 2
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “esóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “easóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 281
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “easóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN