escong

Old Irish

Possibly from esc (“water”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Not related to English conger.

escong f

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	escong^L	escuing^L	esconga^H
Vocative	escong^L	escuing^L	esconga^H
Accusative	escuing^N	escuing^L	esconga^H
Genitive	escuinge^H	escong^L	escong^N
Dative	escuing^L	escongaib	escongaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escong, esconga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language