Irish
Etymology
From older naosca (from Old Irish naíscu) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Noun
naoscach f (genitive singular naoscaí, nominative plural naoscacha)
- snipe (bird of the family Scolopacidae)
Declension
Declension of naoscach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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naoscach
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naoscacha
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| vocative
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a naoscach
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a naoscacha
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| genitive
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naoscaí
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naoscach
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| dative
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naoscach
naoscaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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naoscacha
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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 naoscach
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na naoscacha
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| genitive
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na naoscaí
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na naoscach
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| dative
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leis an naoscach
leis an naoscaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don naoscach
don naoscaigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na naoscacha
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Further reading
- “naoscach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “naescu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “naoscaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 508
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “naoscach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN