blaosc

Irish

Alternative forms

• plaosc
• blaosg, plaosg (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish bláesc (“eggshell, nutshell”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠl̪ˠeːsˠk/, [pˠl̪ˠëːə̯sˠk] (corresponding to the form plaosc)
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/, (older) /bˠlˠɯːsˠk/

Noun

blaosc f (genitive singular blaoisce, nominative plural blaoscanna or blaoscacha)

1. shell (of egg, nut, crustacean)

Declension

Declension of blaosc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative blaosc blaoscanna Vocative a bhlaosc a bhlaoscanna Genitive blaoisce blaoscanna Dative blaosc blaoscanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhlaosc na blaoscanna Genitive na blaoisce na mblaoscanna Dative leis an mblaosc don bhlaosc leis na blaoscanna

• Alternative plural: blaoscacha

Derived terms

• blaosc an chinn (“skull, cranium”)
• blaosc cnó (“nutshell”)
• blaosc uibhe (“eggshell”)

Verb

blaosc (present analytic blaoscann, future analytic blaoscfaidh, verbal noun blaoscadh, past participle blaosctha)

1. (transitive) puff, inflate
2. (chemistry, transitive) decrepitate

Conjugation

conjugation of blaosc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	blaoscaim	blaoscann tú; blaoscair†	blaoscann sé, sí	blaoscaimid	blaoscann sibh	blaoscann siad; blaoscaid†	a bhlaoscann; a bhlaoscas / a mblaoscann*; a mblaoscas*	blaosctar
	past	bhlaosc mé; bhlaoscas	bhlaosc tú; bhlaoscais	bhlaosc sé, sí	bhlaoscamar; bhlaosc muid	bhlaosc sibh; bhlaoscabhair	bhlaosc siad; bhlaoscadar	a bhlaosc / ar bhlaosc*	blaoscadh
	past habitual	bhlaoscainn / mblaoscainn‡‡	bhlaosctá / mblaosctᇇ	bhlaoscadh sé, sí / mblaoscadh sé, s퇇	bhlaoscaimis; bhlaoscadh muid / mblaoscaimis‡‡; mblaoscadh muid‡‡	bhlaoscadh sibh / mblaoscadh sibh‡‡	bhlaoscaidís; bhlaoscadh siad / mblaoscaidís‡‡; mblaoscadh siad‡‡	a bhlaoscadh / a mblaoscadh*	bhlaosctaí / mblaoscta퇇
future		blaoscfaidh mé; blaoscfad	blaoscfaidh tú; blaoscfair†	blaoscfaidh sé, sí	blaoscfaimid; blaoscfaidh muid	blaoscfaidh sibh	blaoscfaidh siad; blaoscfaid†	a bhlaoscfaidh; a bhlaoscfas / a mblaoscfaidh*; a mblaoscfas*	blaoscfar
conditional		bhlaoscfainn / mblaoscfainn‡‡	bhlaoscfá / mblaoscfᇇ	bhlaoscfadh sé, sí / mblaoscfadh sé, s퇇	bhlaoscfaimis; bhlaoscfadh muid / mblaoscfaimis‡‡; mblaoscfadh muid‡‡	bhlaoscfadh sibh / mblaoscfadh sibh‡‡	bhlaoscfaidís; bhlaoscfadh siad / mblaoscfaidís‡‡; mblaoscfadh siad‡‡	a bhlaoscfadh / a mblaoscfadh*	bhlaoscfaí / mblaoscfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mblaosca mé; go mblaoscad†	go mblaosca tú; go mblaoscair†	go mblaosca sé, sí	go mblaoscaimid; go mblaosca muid	go mblaosca sibh	go mblaosca siad; go mblaoscaid†	—	go mblaosctar
	past	dá mblaoscainn	dá mblaosctá	dá mblaoscadh sé, sí	dá mblaoscaimis; dá mblaoscadh muid	dá mblaoscadh sibh	dá mblaoscaidís; dá mblaoscadh siad	—	dá mblaosctaí
imperative		blaoscaim	blaosc	blaoscadh sé, sí	blaoscaimis	blaoscaigí; blaoscaidh†	blaoscaidís	—	blaosctar
verbal noun		blaoscadh
past participle		blaosctha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blaosc	bhlaosc	mblaosc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “blaosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language