glasán

See also: glasan

Irish

Etymology

From glas +‎ -án.

Noun

glasán m (genitive singular glasáin, nominative plural glasáin)

  1. (ornithology) finch
  2. (botany) sea lettuce
    Synonym: sleaidí
  3. (entomology) grayling (butterfly)
    Synonym: donnóg aille
  4. (ichthyology) coalfish, pollock
    Synonyms: crothóg, liúdar, mangach, pollóg

Declension

Declension of glasán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glasán glasáin
vocative a ghlasáin a ghlasána
genitive glasáin glasán
dative glasán glasáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an glasán na glasáin
genitive an ghlasáin na nglasán
dative leis an nglasán
don ghlasán 		leis na glasáin

Derived terms

  • glasán darach (“greenfinch”)
  • glasán gobmhór (“hawfinch”)
  • glasán séabrach (“zebra finch”)
  • rósghlasán (“rosefinch”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glasán
radical lenition eclipsis
glasán ghlasán nglasán

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

Further reading

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