pilséar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pilchard.

Noun

pilséar m (genitive singular pilséir, nominative plural pilséir)

  1. pilchard (small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae)

Declension

Declension of pilséar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative pilséar pilséir
vocative a philséir a philséara
genitive pilséir pilséar
dative pilséar pilséir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an pilséar na pilséir
genitive an philséir na bpilséar
dative leis an bpilséar
don philséar
leis na pilséir

Mutation

Mutated forms of pilséar
radical lenition eclipsis
pilséar philséar bpilséar

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

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