eascú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish escuma.

Noun

eascú f (genitive singular eascún, nominative plural eascúin)

1. eel

Declension

Declension of eascú (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eascú eascúin vocative a eascú a eascúin genitive eascún eascún dative eascúin eascúin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eascú na heascúin genitive na heascún na n-eascún dative leis an eascúin don eascúin leis na heascúin

Mutation

Mutated forms of eascú

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eascú	n-eascú	heascú	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eascú”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 280
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eascú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN