bé-iasc

Irish

Etymology

From bé (“woman”) +‎ iasc (“fish”).

Noun

bé-iasc m (genitive singular bé-éisc, nominative plural bé-éisc)

  1. damselfish

Declension

Declension of bé-iasc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bé-iasc bé-éisc
vocative a bhé-éisc a bhé-iasca
genitive bé-éisc bé-iasc
dative bé-iasc bé-éisc
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bé-iasc na bé-éisc
genitive an bhé-éisc na mbé-iasc
dative leis an mbé-iasc
don bhé-iasc 		leis na bé-éisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of bé-iasc
radical lenition eclipsis
bé-iasc bhé-iasc mbé-iasc

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

Further reading

  • “bé-iasc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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