ardeaspag

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ardepscop. By surface analysis, ard- (“high, arch-, chief”) +‎ easpag (“bishop”).

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˌɑːɾˠd̪ˠˈæsˠpˠəɡ/, /ˌɑːɾʲdʲˈæsˠpˠəɡ/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠˌasˠpˠʌk/[2]

Noun

ardeaspag m (genitive singular ardeaspaig, nominative plural ardeaspaig)

  1. (Christianity) archbishop

Declension

Declension of ardeaspag (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ardeaspag ardeaspaig
vocative a ardeaspaig a ardeaspaga
genitive ardeaspaig ardeaspag
dative ardeaspag ardeaspaig
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ardeaspag na hardeaspaig
genitive an ardeaspaig na n-ardeaspag
dative leis an ardeaspag
don ardeaspag 		leis na hardeaspaig
  • ardeaspagóideacht f (“archbishopric (rank or office)”)
  • deoise ardeaspaig f (“archbishopric (jurisdiction)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardeaspag
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ardeaspag n-ardeaspag hardeaspag t-ardeaspag

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 17
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 479, page 153

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