éasafagas

Irish

Etymology

From English oesophagus, ultimately from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἰσέμεν (oisémen), future form of φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Noun

éasafagas m (genitive singular éasafagais, nominative plural éasafagais)

1. (anatomy) oesophagus

   Synonyms: díbheachán, píobán

Declension

Declension of éasafagas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative éasafagas éasafagais vocative a éasafagais a éasafagasa genitive éasafagais éasafagas dative éasafagas éasafagais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-éasafagas na héasafagais genitive an éasafagais na n-éasafagas dative leis an éasafagas don éasafagas leis na héasafagais

Derived terms

• éasafagach (“oesophageal”, adjective)
• éasafaigíteas m (“oesophagitis”)
• tras-éasafagach (“transesophageal”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of éasafagas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éasafagas	n-éasafagas	héasafagas	t-éasafagas

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éasafagas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éasafagas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éasafagas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024