# easpag
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* easboc, easbog, easpoc, easpog (superseded)
* easbag, easbug, eascob, easgab, easpug, epscop, espoc, espucc (obsolete)

### 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

* (Munster) IPA: /ˈɑsˠpˠəɡ/
* (Connacht) IPA: (Aran) /ˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, (influenced by the suffix -óg) /ˈæsˠpˠoːɡ/; (Cois Fharraige) /ˈasˠpˠək/, [ˈaːsˠpˠək], (Mayo) /ˈasˠpˠək/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈɑsˠpˠək/, /ˈasˠpˠʊk/, /ˈasˠpˠʌk/; /ˈasˠkəbˠ/, /ˈasˠkʊbˠ/ (corresponding to the form eascob)

### Noun

easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)
* (Christianity, chess) bishop

#### 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 :

#### Quotations

* 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.

#### Derived terms

* easpag speatháin (“oxeye daisy”)
* easpagán (“oxeye daisy”)

#### See also

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

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ 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]‎ (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 2, page 5
* 1 2 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

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “easpog”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 281
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “easpag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “easpag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “easpag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025