easpag
Irish
easpag
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- easbog, easpog (superseded)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
Noun
easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)
- (Christianity, chess) bishop
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 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. (conventional orthography)
- Do you remember what kind of day it was the last time the bishop came? I do.
- ə givnīn̄ tū ḱē n sōŕc l̄ā vī ān̄, ən uər ȷeŕnəx ə hāniǵ ə c-æspəg? kivnīm.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:
Declension
Declension of easpag
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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See also
| Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text) | |||||
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| rí | banríon | caiseal | easpag | ridire | ceithearnach, fichillín |
Mutation
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| 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. | |||
References
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30.
- Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt, Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2.
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 epscop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
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