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Irish
- aileastar, alastram, eileastar, eileastrom, feileastar, feileastrom, sileastar, siolastar, siolastrach, soileastar m, soileastrach f
- alasdram (superseded)[1]
Etymology
The Dictionary of the Irish Language derives Classical Gaelic soilestar from Latin salicastrum,[2] but Middle Irish ailestar[3] is attested earlier. The ending -stram/-strom found in several alternative forms is certainly taken over from the Latin.
Noun
feileastram m (genitive singular feileastraim)
- (wild) iris, yellow flag, Iris pseudacorus
Declension
Declension of feileastram
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- ^ “feileastram”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “soilestar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ailestar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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