easpag

Irish

Metathesized from earlier eascob, from Old Irish epscop, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”).[1] Cognate with Manx aspick and Scottish Gaelic easbaig.

easpag m (genitive singular easpaig, nominative plural easpaig)

(Christianity, chess) bishop
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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.

Declension of easpag

First declension

Bare forms:

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 epscop”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 29
Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30
Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt‎ (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 2

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
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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Chess pieces in Irish · fir fichille (layout · text)

rí	banríon	caiseal	easpag	ridire	ceithearnach, fichillín