escong

Old Irish

Alternative forms

escmug
esconga
escuma

Etymology

Possibly from esc (“water”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”). Not related to English conger.

Noun

escong f

eel

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	escong^L	escuing^L	esconga^H
vocative	escong^L	escuing^L	esconga^H
accusative	escuing^N	escuing^L	esconga^H
genitive	escuinge^H	escong^L	escong^N
dative	escuing^L	escongaib	escongaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: eascann
Manx: astan
Scottish Gaelic: easgann

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escong, esconga”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language