iasc

See also: íasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, 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 singular plural nominative iasc éisc vocative a éisc a iasca genitive éisc iasc dative iasc éisc forms with the definite article 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”)
• iascán (“mussel”)
• isac órga (“goldfish”)
• na hÉisc (“Pisces”)

Verb

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

1. (ambitransitive) fish

Conjugation

Conjugation of iasc (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	iascaim	iascann tú; iascair†	iascann sé, sí	iascaimid; iascann muid	iascann sibh	iascann siad; iascaid†	a iascann; a 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	iascadh; hiascadh†
past habitual	d'iascainn / iascainn‡	d'iasctá / iasctá‡	d'iascadh sé, sí / iascadh sé, sí‡	d'iascaimis; d'iascadh muid / iascaimis‡; iascadh muid‡	d'iascadh sibh / iascadh sibh‡	d'iascaidís; d'iascadh siad / iascaidís‡; iascadh siad‡	a d'iascadh	d'iasctaí / iasctaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	iascfaidh mé; iascfad	iascfaidh tú; iascfair†	iascfaidh sé, sí	iascfaimid; iascfaidh muid	iascfaidh sibh	iascfaidh siad; iascfaid†	a iascfaidh; a iascfas	iascfar
conditional	d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡	d'iascfá / iascfá‡	d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡	d'iascfaimis; d'iascfadh muid / iascfaimis‡; iascfadh muid‡	d'iascfadh sibh / iascfadh sibh‡	d'iascfaidís; d'iascfadh siad / iascfaidís‡; iascfadh siad‡	a d'iascfadh	d'iascfaí / iascfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
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	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	iascaim	iasc	iascadh sé, sí	iascaimis	iascaigí; iascaidh†	iascaidís	—	iasctar
past participle	iasctha
verbal noun	iascach

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of iasc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iasc	n-iasc	hiasc	t-iasc

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “iasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN