eas

See also: EAS, -eas, and eas-

English

Noun

eas

1. plural of ea

Anagrams

• -ase, AES, ASE, ESA, Esa, SAE, SEA, Sea, a**es, aes, ase, esa, sea

Estonian

Noun

eas

1. inessive singular of iga

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish es(s) (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).

Noun

eas m (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easanna)

1. waterfall, cascade, rapid

Declension

Declension of eas (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative eas easanna vocative a eas a easanna genitive easa easanna dative eas easanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-eas na heasanna genitive an easa na n-easanna dative leis an eas don eas leis na heasanna

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish es (“stoat, weasel”), from Old Irish nes(s).

Noun

eas f (genitive singular easa, nominative plural easa)

1. stoat, weasel

Declension

Declension of eas (irregular)

bare forms singular plural nominative eas easa vocative a eas a easa genitive easa eas dative eas easa forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an eas na heasa genitive na heasa na n-eas dative leis an eas don eas leis na heasa

Derived terms

• easóg

Etymology 3

Noun

eas

1. The name of the Latin-script letter s/S.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Mutation

Mutated forms of eas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eas	n-eas	heas	t-eas

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 es(s) ‘cataract, rapid’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 es ‘stoat, weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nes(s) ‘weasel’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “eas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈe.aːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.as]

Verb

eās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of eō

Pronoun

eās

1. accusative feminine plural of is

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish es, ess (“cataract, rapid, rapidly flowing stream”).

Noun

eas m (genitive singular easa, plural easan)

1. waterfall, cascade, falls

Mutation

Mutation of eas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eas	n-eas	h-eas	t-eas

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