eascaine

Irish

Alternative forms

• eascain

Etymology

From Old Irish escaine (“malediction, cursing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈasˠkənʲə/

Noun

eascaine f (genitive singular eascaine, nominative plural eascainí)

1. imprecation; swear-word, curse

   Synonym: mallacht

   Antonym: beannacht

Declension

Declension of eascaine (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eascaine eascainí vocative a eascaine a eascainí genitive eascaine eascainí dative eascaine eascainí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an eascaine na heascainí genitive na heascaine na n-eascainí dative leis an eascaine don eascaine leis na heascainí

Derived terms

• eascaine a rá (“to utter an imprecation”)
• eascaine a chur, a dhéanamh, ar (dhuine) (“to curse, swear, at (someone)”)
• eascainigh (“curse, swear”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eascaine

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eascaine	n-eascaine	heascaine	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eascaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “escaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eascaine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eascaine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22