easpag

Irish

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠəɡ/^[2]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): (Aran) /ˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, (influenced by the suffix -óg) /ˈæsˠpˠoːɡ/^[3]; (Cois Fharraige) /ˈasˠpˠək/, [ˈaːsˠpˠək]^[4], (Mayo) /ˈasˠpˠək/^[5]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠək/^[6], /ˈasˠpˠʊk/^[7], /ˈasˠpˠʌk/^[8]; /ˈasˠkəbˠ/, /ˈasˠkʊbˠ/ (corresponding to the form eascob)^[7]

easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)

Declension of easpag (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-easpag	na heaspaig
genitive	an easpaig	na n-easpag
dative	leis an easpag don easpag	leis na heaspaig

1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
ə givnīn̄ tū ḱē n sōŕc l̄ā vī ān̄, ən uər ȷeŕnəx ə hāniǵ ə c-æspəg? kivnīm.
[An gcuimhníonn tú cén sórt lá a bhí ann an uair deireanach a tháinig an t-easpag? Cuimhním.]
Do you remember what kind of day it was the last time the bishop came? I do.

Mutated forms of *easpag*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
easpag	n-easpag	heaspag	t-easpag

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 epscop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 16, page 11
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30
^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 47, page 12
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 439, page 121
^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎^[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 2, page 5
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 415, page 136
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 258

Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín