glasán

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See also: glasan

Irish

Etymology

From glas +‎ -án.

Noun

glasán m (genitive singular glasáin, nominative plural glasáin)

(ornithology) finch
(botany) sea lettuce
Synonym: sleaidí
(entomology) grayling (butterfly)
Synonym: donnóg aille
(ichthyology) coalfish, pollock
Synonyms: crothóg, liúdar, mangach, pollóg

Declension

Declension of glasán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glasán	glasáin
Vocative	a ghlasáin	a ghlasána
Genitive	glasáin	glasán
Dative	glasán	glasáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an glasán	na glasáin
Genitive	an ghlasáin	na nglasán
Dative	leis an nglasán don ghlasán	leis na glasáin

Derived terms

glasán darach (“greenfinch”)
glasán gobmhór (“hawfinch”)
glasán séabrach (“zebra finch”)
rósghlasán (“rosefinch”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glasán	ghlasán	nglasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glasán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“glasán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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