iasc

See also: íasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸēskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-; compare fish, Latin piscis. The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgodyn, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəsˠk/

Noun

iasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)

1. fish

Declension

Declension of iasc

First declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iasc éisc Vocative a éisc a iasca Genitive éisc iasc Dative iasc éisc

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iasc na héisc Genitive an éisc na n-iasc Dative leis an iasc don iasc leis na héisc

Derived terms

• bé-iasc (“damselfish”)
• ciseán éisc m (“fish-basket”)
• dabhach éisc f (“fish-pond”)
• iasc scamhógach m (“lungfish”)
• iascaire m (“fisherman, angler”)
• na hÉisc (“Pisces”)

 

Verb

iasc (present analytic iascann, future analytic iascfaidh, verbal noun iascach, past participle iasctha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) fish

Conjugation

conjugation of iasc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	iascaim	iascann tú; iascair†	iascann sé, sí	iascaimid	iascann sibh	iascann siad; iascaid†	a iascann; a iascas / a n-iascann*; a n-iascas*	iasctar
	past	d'iasc mé; d'iascas / iasc mé‡; iascas‡	d'iasc tú; d'iascais / iasc tú; iascais‡	d'iasc sé, sí / iasc sé, sí‡	d'iascamar; d'iasc muid / iascamar; iasc muid‡	d'iasc sibh; d'iascabhair / iasc sibh; iascabhair‡	d'iasc siad; d'iascadar / iasc siad; iascadar‡	a d'iasc / ar iasc*	iascadh; hiascadh†
	past habitual	d'iascainn / iascainn‡; n-iascainn‡‡	d'iasctá / iasctá‡; n-iasctᇇ	d'iascadh sé, sí / iascadh sé, sí‡; n-iascadh sé, s퇇	d'iascaimis; d'iascadh muid / iascaimis; iascadh muid‡; n-iascaimis‡‡; n-iascadh muid‡‡	d'iascadh sibh / iascadh sibh‡; n-iascadh sibh‡‡	d'iascaidís; d'iascadh siad / iascaidís; iascadh siad‡; n-iascaidís‡‡; n-iascadh siad‡‡	a d'iascadh / a n-iascadh*	d'iasctaí / iasctaí‡; n-iascta퇇
future		iascfaidh mé; iascfad	iascfaidh tú; iascfair†	iascfaidh sé, sí	iascfaimid; iascfaidh muid	iascfaidh sibh	iascfaidh siad; iascfaid†	a iascfaidh; a iascfas / a n-iascfaidh*; a n-iascfas*	iascfar
conditional		d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡; n-iascfainn‡‡	d'iascfá / iascfá‡; n-iascfᇇ	d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡; n-iascfadh sé, s퇇	d'iascfaimis; d'iascfadh muid / iascfaimis‡; iascfadh muid‡; n-iascfaimis‡‡; n-iascfadh muid‡‡	d'iascfadh sibh / iascfadh sibh‡; n-iascfadh sibh‡‡	d'iascfaidís; d'iascfadh siad / iascfaidís‡; iascfadh siad‡; n-iascfaidís‡‡; n-iascfadh siad‡‡	a d'iascfadh / a n-iascfadh*	d'iascfaí / iascfaí‡; n-iascfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-iasca mé; go n-iascad†	go n-iasca tú; go n-iascair†	go n-iasca sé, sí	go n-iascaimid; go n-iasca muid	go n-iasca sibh	go n-iasca siad; go n-iascaid†	—	go n-iasctar
	past	dá n-iascainn	dá n-iasctá	dá n-iascadh sé, sí	dá n-iascaimis; dá n-iascadh muid	dá n-iascadh sibh	dá n-iascaidís; dá n-iascadh siad	—	dá n-iasctaí
imperative		iascaim	iasc	iascadh sé, sí	iascaimis	iascaigí; iascaidh†	iascaidís	—	iasctar
verbal noun		iascach
past participle		iasctha

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iasc	n-iasc	hiasc	t-iasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íasc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 24