eascann

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From Old Irish escong (“eel”).^[2]

IPA^(key): /ˈasˠkən̪ˠ/^[3]
(Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈæsˠkənˠ/^[4] (corresponding to the alternative form eascon)

eascann f (genitive singular eascainne, nominative plural eascanna)

Declension of eascann (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	eascann	eascanna
vocative	a eascann	a eascanna
genitive	eascainne	eascann
dative	eascann eascainn (archaic, dialectal)	eascanna

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an eascann	na heascanna
genitive	na heascainne	na n-eascann
dative	leis an eascann leis an eascainn (archaic, dialectal) don eascann don eascainn (archaic, dialectal)	leis na heascanna

Mutated forms of *eascann*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eascann	n-eascann	heascann	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ “eascann”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escong, esconga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 230, page 85
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30