páirc

See also: pàirc

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman parc (“livestock pen”), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (“enclosure, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“enclosure, fence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pˠaːɾʲc/

Noun

páirc f (genitive singular páirce, nominative plural páirceanna)

1. field, park
2. large shoal (of fish)

Declension

Declension of páirc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative páirc páirceanna Vocative a pháirc a pháirceanna Genitive páirce páirceanna Dative páirc páirceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an pháirc na páirceanna Genitive na páirce na bpáirceanna Dative leis an bpáirc don pháirc leis na páirceanna

Synonyms

• garraí
• gort

Derived terms

• aerpháirc f (“airfield”)
• ar pháirc an áir (“on the battle-field”)
• daonpháirc f, páirc phoiblí (“public park”)
• lárpháirc f (“midfield”)
• páirc aonaigh (“fair-ground”)
• páirc féir (“pasture field”)
• páirc imeartha (“playing-field”)
• páirceanna (“check pattern”) (in cloth)
• páircíneach (“checked”, adjective) (of cloth)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
páirc	pháirc	bpáirc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “páirc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “páirc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “páirc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “páirc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024