easpa

== Irish == === Alternative forms === easba, easbaidh (superseded) easbhaidh (Ulster) === Etymology === From Middle Irish esba, espa, from Old Irish esbae, espe (“uselessness, vanity, folly; idleness, play, wantonness”), from ess- + bae (“good, profit”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈasˠpˠə/, /ˈɑsˠpˠə/ (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈæsˠpˠə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈasˠwiː/ (corresponding to the form easbhaidh) === Noun === easpa f (genitive singular easpa, nominative plural easpaí) lack, want, absence (biology) deficiency, defect (medicine) abscess ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (deficiency): díothacht, easnamh, easpacht ==== Derived terms ==== easpa reatha (“running sore, running abscess”) easpach (“lacking, wanting; missing, lost; deficient, defective”, adjective) ==== Related terms ==== uireasa === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “easbaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 280 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “easpa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN