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easóg

easóg

Irish

Noun

easóg f ‎(genitive singular easóige, nominative plural easóga)

ermine, stoat (Mustela erminea)

Declension

Declension of easóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	easóg	easóga
Vocative	a easóg	a easóga
Genitive	easóige	easóg
Dative	easóg easóig (archaic, dialectal)	easóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an easóg	na heasóga
Genitive	na heasóige	na n-easóg
Dative	leis an easóg leis an easóig (archaic, dialectal) don easóg don easóig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na heasóga

Synonyms

cailín bán
eas

Derived terms

Terms derived from easóg

easóg an bhoilg bhuí ‎(“yellow-bellied weasel”)
easóg Éireannach ‎(“Irish stoat”)

easóg Shibéarach ‎(“Siberian weasel”)

easóg shléibhe ‎(“mountain weasel”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
easóg	n-easóg	heasóg	t-easóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“esóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“easóg” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 30.
"easóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.