páirc

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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)

  1. field, park
    Synonyms: garraí, gort
  2. large shoal (of fish)

Declension

Declension of páirc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative páirc páirceanna
vocative a pháirc a pháirceanna
genitive páirce páirceanna
dative páirc páirceanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an pháirc na páirceanna
genitive na páirce na bpáirceanna
dative leis an bpáirc
don pháirc 		leis na páirceanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of páirc
radical lenition eclipsis
páirc pháirc bpáirc

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 47
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

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