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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).
Pronunciation
Noun
páirc f (genitive singular páirce, nominative plural páirceanna)
- field, park
- Synonyms: garraí, gort
- large shoal (of fish)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| páirc
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pháirc
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bpáirc
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “páirc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “páirc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 538
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “páirc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “páirc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “páirc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 47