eagaois

Irish

Alternative forms

• agaois, eaglais

Etymology

From Old Irish eclas; compare Breton elaz.

Noun

eagaois f (genitive singular eagaoise, nominative plural eagaoisí or eagaoiseacha)

1. (anatomy) gizzard

Declension

Declension of eagaois (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eagaois eagaoisí vocative a eagaois a eagaoisí genitive eagaoise eagaoisí dative eagaois eagaoisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eagaois na heagaoisí genitive na heagaoise na n-eagaoisí dative leis an eagaois don eagaois leis na heagaoisí

• Alternative plural: eagaoiseacha

Derived terms

• péist eagaoise f (“worm affecting gizzard of bird”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eagaois

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eagaois	n-eagaois	heagaois	not applicable

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