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

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

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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.

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