íasc

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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íasc m (genitive éisc, nominative plural éisc)

  1. fish

Declension

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Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative íasc íascL éiscL
Vocative éisc íascL íascuH
Accusative íascN íascL íascuH
Genitive éiscL íasc íascN
Dative íascL íascaib íascaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: iasc
  • Manx: eeast
  • Scottish Gaelic: iasg

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
íasc
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged n-íasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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