ardeaspag

Irish

Alternative forms

• áird-easbog (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish ardepscop. By surface analysis, ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ easpag (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːɾˠd̪ˠˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, /ˌɑːɾʲdʲˈæsˠpˠəɡ/

Noun

ardeaspag m (genitive singular ardeaspaig, nominative plural ardeaspaig)

1. (Christianity) archbishop

Declension

Declension of ardeaspag (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardeaspag ardeaspaig vocative a ardeaspaig a ardeaspaga genitive ardeaspaig ardeaspag dative ardeaspag ardeaspaig forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardeaspag na hardeaspaig genitive an ardeaspaig na n-ardeaspag dative leis an ardeaspag don ardeaspag leis na hardeaspaig

Related terms

• ardeaspagóideacht f (“archbishopric”) (uncountable)
• deoise ardeaspaig f (“archbishopric”) (countable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardeaspag

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardeaspag	n-ardeaspag	hardeaspag	t-ardeaspag

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

References

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “áird-easbog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 15
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardeaspag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN