eascaine
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish escaine (“malediction, cursing”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eascaine f (genitive singular eascaine, nominative plural eascainí)
Declension edit
Declension of eascaine
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
- eascaine a rá (“to utter an imprecation”)
- eascaine a chur, a dhéanamh, ar (dhuine) (“to curse, swear, at (someone)”)
- eascainigh (“curse, swear”, verb)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
eascaine | n-eascaine | heascaine | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eascaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “escaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “eascaine” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “eascaine” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22