From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸēskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peisk- (compare English fish, Latin piscis, Old English fisc). The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgod, Cornish pysk, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.
iasg m (genitive singular èisg, plural èisg or iasgan)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | iasg | èisg |
Genitive | èisg | iasg |
Dative | iasg | èisg; iasgaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) t-iasg | (na) h-èisg |
Genitive | (an) èisg | (nan) iasg |
Dative | (an) iasg | (na) h-èisg; h-iasgaibh* |
Vocative | (a) èisg | (a) iasga |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | iasg | iasgan |
Genitive | èisg | iasgan |
Dative | iasg | iasgan; iasgaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) t-iasg | (na) h-iasgan |
Genitive | (an) èisg | (nan) iasgan |
Dative | (an) iasg | (na) h-iasgan; h-iasgaibh* |
Vocative | (a) èisg | (a) iasgan |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iasg | n-iasg | h-iasg | t-iasg |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |