escong

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• escmug
• esconga
• escuma

Etymology

Possibly from esc (“water”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Not related to English conger.

Noun

escong f

1. eel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	escongL	escuingL	escongaH
Vocative	escongL	escuingL	escongaH
Accusative	escuingN	escuingL	escongaH
Genitive	escuingeH	escongL	escongN
Dative	escuingL	escongaib	escongaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: eascann
• Manx: astan
• Scottish Gaelic: easgann

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escong, esconga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language