íasc

See also: iasc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iːa̯sk/

Noun

íasc m (genitive éisc, nominative plural éisc)

fish

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	íasc	íasc^L	éisc^L
vocative	éisc	íasc^L	íascu^H
accusative	íasc^N	íasc^L	íascu^H
genitive	éisc^L	íasc	íasc^N
dative	íasc^L	íascaib	íascaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: iasc
Manx: eeast
Scottish Gaelic: iasg

Mutation

Mutation of *íasc*
radical	lenition	nasalization
íasc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	íasc	n-íasc

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

Further reading

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