éasafagas

Irish

Etymology

From English oesophagus, ultimately from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἰσέμεν (oisémen), future form of φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Noun

éasafagas m (genitive singular éasafagais, nominative plural éasafagais)

1. (anatomy) oesophagus

   Synonyms: díbheachán, píobán

Declension

Declension of éasafagas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative éasafagas éasafagais Vocative a éasafagais a éasafagasa Genitive éasafagais éasafagas Dative éasafagas éasafagais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-éasafagas na héasafagais Genitive an éasafagais na n-éasafagas Dative leis an éasafagas don éasafagas leis na héasafagais

Derived terms

• éasafagach (“oesophageal”, adjective)
• éasafaigíteas m (“oesophagitis”)
• tras-éasafagach (“transesophageal”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éasafagas	n-éasafagas	héasafagas	t-éasafagas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “éasafagas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “éasafagas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “éasafagas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024