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