fleasc

Irish

Alternative forms

• flasc, pleasc
• flasg, fleasg, pleasg (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲlʲasˠk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish flesc, from Proto-Celtic *wliskā, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wel-. Possibly related to Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wlizjan, “to mortify, bruise”).

Noun

fleasc f (genitive singular fleisce, nominative plural fleasca)

1. wand, rod
2. (engineering, architecture) fillet
3. wreath, garland
4. circlet
5. (typography) dash (typographic symbol)
6. hoop, band, rim
7. (literary) line, stroke (for an Ogham letter)

Declension

Declension of fleasc (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fleasc fleasca vocative a fhleasc a fhleasca genitive fleisce fleasc dative fleasc fleisc (archaic, dialectal) fleasca forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fhleasc na fleasca genitive na fleisce na bhfleasc dative leis an bhfleasc leis an bhfleisc (archaic, dialectal) don fhleasc don fhleisc (archaic, dialectal) leis na fleasca

Derived terms

• bláthfhleasc
• coscán fleisce (“rim brake”)
• eachlasc
• faonfhleasc
• Fleasc (“(River) Flesk”)
• fleasc an droma (“flat of the back”)
• fleasc dhraíochta (“magic wand”)
• fleascach
• fleascóir
• forfhleasc

Etymology 2

From English flask, from Middle English flask (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle, jug”).

Noun

fleasc m (genitive singular fleasca, nominative plural fleascanna)

1. flask

Declension

Declension of fleasc (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fleasc fleascanna vocative a fhleasc a fhleascanna genitive fleasca fleascanna dative fleasc fleascanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fleasc na fleascanna genitive an fhleasca na bhfleascanna dative leis an bhfleasc don fhleasc leis na fleascanna

Derived terms

• fleascán
• fleasc póca

Etymology 3

From Middle Irish flesc (“wetting”), probably from the root of Old Irish fliuch (“wet”).

Noun

fleasc m (genitive singular fleasca, nominative plural fleascanna)

1. synonym of flosc (“flux, torrent”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fleasc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fleasc	fhleasc	bhfleasc

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fleasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fleasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN