easpag

Irish
easpag

Alternative forms

Etymology

Metathesized from earlier eascob, from Old Irish epscop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”). Cognate with Manx aspick and Scottish Gaelic easbaig.

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, (influenced by the suffix -óg) /ˈæsˠpˠoːɡ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɑsˠpˠək/[2]

Noun

easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)

  1. (Christianity, chess) bishop
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30:
      ə givnīn̄ tū ḱē n sōŕc l̄ā vī ān̄, ən uər ȷeŕnəx ə hāniǵ ə c-æspəg? kivnīm.
      conventional orthography:
      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 the bishop came? I do.

Declension
Declension of easpag

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative easpag easpaig
Vocative a easpaig a easpaga
Genitive easpaig easpag
Dative easpag easpaig

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

See also
Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)
rí banríon caiseal easpag ridire ceithearnach, fichillín

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
easpag n-easpag heaspag t-easpag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 30.
  2. Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt, Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2.

Further reading
  • “1 epscop” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “easpog” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "easpag" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “easpag” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “easpag” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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