Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cíarsech, from cíar (“black, dark”) (whence modern ciar).[2]
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈceːɾˠsˠa(x)/, [ˈcɛːɾˠsˠa(x)][3]
Noun
céirseach f (genitive singular céirsí, nominative plural céirseacha)
- female blackbird
- (poetic) song thrush
- Synonym: smólach ceoil
Declension
Declension of céirseach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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céirseach
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céirseacha
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| vocative
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a chéirseach
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a chéirseacha
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| genitive
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céirsí
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céirseach
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| dative
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céirseach
céirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
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céirseacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chéirseach
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na céirseacha
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| genitive
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na céirsí
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na gcéirseach
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| dative
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leis an gcéirseach
leis an gcéirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chéirseach
don chéirsigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na céirseacha
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Hypernyms
- lon dubh (“blackbird (regardless of gender)”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of céirseach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| céirseach
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chéirseach
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gcéirseach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “céirseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céirsech, cíarsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35
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