iascaire
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish íascaire; synchronically, iasc (“fish”) + -aire.
Pronunciation
Noun
iascaire m (genitive singular iascaire, nominative plural iascairí)
Declension
Declension of iascaire
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- gairdín an iascaire m, garraí an iascaire m (“the sea”, literally “the fisherman's garden”)
- iascaire coirneach m (“osprey”)
- iascaire oidhreachta m (“legacy-hunter”)
- iascaire péarlaí m (“pearl diver”)
- iascaireacht f (“fishing, fishery”)
- 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 f (“fisherman's pie”)
- snaidhm an iascaire (“fisherman's knot”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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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. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iascaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íascaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language