iasaint

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos, “any of several dark blue flowers”), ultimately from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean language.

Noun

iasaint f (genitive singular iasainte, nominative plural iasaintí)

  1. hyacinth
  2. jacinth

Declension

Declension of iasaint (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative iasaint iasaintí
vocative a iasaint a iasaintí
genitive iasainte iasaintí
dative iasaint iasaintí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an iasaint na hiasaintí
genitive na hiasainte na n-iasaintí
dative leis an iasaint
don iasaint 		leis na hiasaintí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of iasaint
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iasaint n-iasaint hiasaint not applicable

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

References

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