iascaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íascaire. By surface analysis, iasc (“fish”) +‎ -aire. Compare Scottish Gaelic iasgair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəsˠkəɾʲə/

Noun

iascaire m (genitive singular iascaire, nominative plural iascairí)

1. fisherman, angler

Declension

Declension of iascaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative iascaire iascairí Vocative a iascaire a iascairí Genitive iascaire iascairí Dative iascaire iascairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-iascaire na hiascairí Genitive an iascaire na n-iascairí Dative leis an iascaire don iascaire leis na hiascairí

Derived terms

• gairdín an iascaire
• garraí an iascaire (“the sea”, literally “the fisherman's garden”)
• iascaire coirneach
• iascaire oidhreachta (“legacy-hunter”)
• iascaire péarlaí (“pearl diver”)
• iascaireacht
• is maith an t-iascaire an té atá ar an talamh (“the person who doesn't have to do the task finds it easy to criticize those who do”)
• pióg an iascaire (“fisherman's pie”)
• snaidhm an iascaire (“fisherman's knot”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

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