peirsil

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish persille, from Anglo-Norman peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɛɾʲʃəlʲ/

Noun

peirsil f (genitive singular peirsile)

1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

Declension

Declension of peirsil

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative peirsil Vocative a pheirsil Genitive peirsile Dative peirsil

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an pheirsil Genitive na peirsile Dative leis an bpeirsil don pheirsil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
peirsil	pheirsil	bpeirsil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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