esbae

== Old Irish == === Alternative forms === espe, espae === Etymology === From ess- +‎ báe (“benefit, use”). === Noun === esbae m uselessness, folly ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Irish: espa Irish: easpa Scottish Gaelic: easbhaidh === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “esba(e)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language