éasafagas

Irish

Etymology

From English oesophagus, ultimately from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἰσέμεν (oisémen), future form of φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”).

Noun

éasafagas m (genitive singular éasafagais, nominative plural éasafagais)

  1. (anatomy) oesophagus
    Synonyms: díbheachán, píobán

Declension

Declension of éasafagas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative éasafagas éasafagais
vocative a éasafagais a éasafagasa
genitive éasafagais éasafagas
dative éasafagas éasafagais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-éasafagas na héasafagais
genitive an éasafagais na n-éasafagas
dative leis an éasafagas
don éasafagas 		leis na héasafagais

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of éasafagas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
éasafagas n-éasafagas héasafagas t-éasafagas

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

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