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

   Synonym: sleaidí

3. (entomology) grayling (butterfly)

   Synonym: donnóg aille

4. (ichthyology) coalfish, pollock

   Synonyms: crothóg, liúdar, mangach, pollóg

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
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glasán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glasán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024