eascú

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish escuma.

Noun

eascú f (genitive singular eascún, nominative plural eascúin)

1. eel

Declension

Declension of eascú

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative eascú eascúin Vocative a eascú a eascúin Genitive eascún eascún Dative eascúin eascúin

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an eascú na heascúin Genitive na heascún na n-eascún Dative leis an eascúin don eascúin leis na heascúin

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escuma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “eascú”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 280
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eascú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN