easpag
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- easbog, easpog (superseded)
- eascob (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Metathesized from earlier eascob, from Old Irish epscop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).[1] Cognate with Manx aspick and Scottish Gaelic easbaig.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠəɡ/[2]
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, (influenced by the suffix -óg) /ˈæsˠpˠoːɡ/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠək/[4]
Noun
[edit]easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)
- (Christianity, chess) bishop
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 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.]
- Do you remember what kind of day it was the last time the bishop came? I do.
Declension
[edit]Declension of easpag
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- easpag speatháin (“oxeye daisy”)
- easpagán (“oxeye daisy”)
See also
[edit]Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text) | |||||
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rí | banríon | caiseal | easpag | ridire | ceithearnach, fichillín |
Mutation
[edit]Irish 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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 epscop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 16, page 11
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt[1] (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2
Further reading
[edit]- 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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “easpag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “easpag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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