easca

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish esca (“bog, quagmire; depression, puddle”), probably from esc (“water”) (compare uisce).

Noun

easca f (genitive singular easca, nominative plural eascaí)

  1. wet, sedgy bog
  2. depression, hollow

Declension

Declension of easca (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative easca eascaí
vocative a easca a eascaí
genitive easca eascaí
dative easca eascaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an easca na heascaí
genitive na heasca na n-eascaí
dative leis an easca
don easca 		leis na heascaí

Derived terms

  • eascach (“wet, swampy; sunken, sagged”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of easca
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
easca n-easca heasca 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

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