glasán

See also: glasan

Irish

Etymology

From glas +‎ -án.

Noun

glasán m (genitive singular glasáin, nominative plural glasáin)

1. (ornithology) finch
2. (botany) sea lettuce

Declension

Declension of glasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative glasán glasáin Vocative a ghlasáin a ghlasána Genitive glasáin glasán Dative glasán glasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an glasán na glasáin Genitive an ghlasáin na nglasán Dative leis an nglasán don ghlasán leis na glasáin

Derived terms

• glasán darach (“greenfinch”)
• glasán gobmhór (“hawfinch”)
• glasán séabrach (“zebra finch”)
• rósghlasán (“rosefinch”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glasán	ghlasán	nglasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “glasán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “glasán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.