iasc

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸēskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-; compare fish, Latin piscis. The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgodyn, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

Pronunciation

Noun

iasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)

  1. fish

Declension

Declension of iasc

First declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iasc éisc
Vocative a éisc a iasca
Genitive éisc iasc
Dative iasc éisc

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iasc na héisc
Genitive an éisc na n-iasc
Dative leis an iasc

don iasc

leis na héisc

Derived terms

Verb

iasc (present analytic iascann, future analytic iascfaidh, verbal noun iascach, past participle iasctha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) fish

Conjugation

conjugation of iasc (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present iascaim iascann tú;
iascair† 		iascann sé, sí iascaimid iascann sibh iascann siad;
iascaid† 		a iascann; a iascas /
a n-iascann*; a n-iascas* 		iasctar
past d'iasc mé; d'iascas /
iasc mé‡; iascas‡ 		d'iasc tú; d'iascais /
iasc tú; iascais‡ 		d'iasc sé, sí /
iasc sé, sí‡ 		d'iascamar; d'iasc muid /
iascamar; iasc muid‡ 		d'iasc sibh; d'iascabhair /
iasc sibh;
iascabhair‡ 		d'iasc siad; d'iascadar /
iasc siad; iascadar‡ 		a d'iasc /
ar iasc* 		iascadh;
hiascadh†
past habitual d'iascainn /
iascainn‡; n-iascainn‡‡ 		d'iasctá /
iasctá‡; n-iasctᇇ 		d'iascadh sé, sí /
iascadh sé, sí‡; n-iascadh sé, s퇇 		d'iascaimis; d'iascadh muid /
iascaimis; iascadh muid‡; n-iascaimis‡‡; n-iascadh muid‡‡ 		d'iascadh sibh /
iascadh sibh‡; n-iascadh sibh‡‡ 		d'iascaidís; d'iascadh siad /
iascaidís; iascadh siad‡; n-iascaidís‡‡; n-iascadh siad‡‡ 		a d'iascadh /
a n-iascadh* 		d'iasctaí /
iasctaí‡; n-iascta퇇
future iascfaidh mé;
iascfad 		iascfaidh tú;
iascfair† 		iascfaidh sé, sí iascfaimid;
iascfaidh muid 		iascfaidh sibh iascfaidh siad;
iascfaid† 		a iascfaidh; a iascfas /
a n-iascfaidh*; a n-iascfas* 		iascfar
conditional d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡; n-iascfainn‡‡ d'iascfá / iascfá‡; n-iascfᇇ d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡; n-iascfadh sé, s퇇 d'iascfaimis; d'iascfadh muid / iascfaimis‡; iascfadh muid‡; n-iascfaimis‡‡; n-iascfadh muid‡‡ d'iascfadh sibh / iascfadh sibh‡; n-iascfadh sibh‡‡ d'iascfaidís; d'iascfadh siad / iascfaidís‡; iascfadh siad‡; n-iascfaidís‡‡; n-iascfadh siad‡‡ a d'iascfadh /
a n-iascfadh* 		d'iascfaí / iascfaí‡; n-iascfa퇇
subjunctive present go n-iasca mé;
go n-iascad† 		go n-iasca tú;
go n-iascair† 		go n-iasca sé, sí go n-iascaimid;
go n-iasca muid 		go n-iasca sibh go n-iasca siad;
go n-iascaid† 		— go n-iasctar
past dá n-iascainn dá n-iasctá dá n-iascadh sé, sí dá n-iascaimis;
dá n-iascadh muid 		dá n-iascadh sibh dá n-iascaidís;
dá n-iascadh siad 		— dá n-iasctaí
imperative iascaim iasc iascadh sé, sí iascaimis iascaigí;
iascaidh† 		iascaidís — iasctar
verbal noun iascach
past participle iasctha

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
iasc n-iasc hiasc t-iasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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