iasc

See also: íasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasc,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-; compare fish, Latin piscis. The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgodyn, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəsˠk/^[2][3]

Noun

iasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)

1. fish

Declension

Declension of iasc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iasc éisc vocative a éisc a iasca genitive éisc iasc dative iasc éisc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iasc na héisc genitive an éisc na n-iasc dative leis an iasc don iasc leis na héisc

Derived terms

• bé-iasc (“damselfish”)
• ciseán éisc m (“fish-basket”)
• dabhach éisc f (“fish-pond”)
• iasc scamhógach m (“lungfish”)
• iascaire m (“fisherman, angler”)
• iascán (“mussel”)
• na hÉisc (“Pisces”)

Verb

iasc (present analytic iascann, future analytic iascfaidh, verbal noun iascach, past participle iasctha)

1. (transitive, intransitive) fish

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	iascaim	iascann tú; iascair†	iascann sé, sí	iascaimid	iascann sibh	iascann siad; iascaid†	a iascann; a iascas / a n-iascann*	iasctar
	past	d'iasc mé; d'iascas / iasc mé‡; iascas‡	d'iasc tú; d'iascais / iasc tú; iascais‡	d'iasc sé, sí / iasc sé, sí‡	d'iascamar; d'iasc muid / iascamar; iasc muid‡	d'iasc sibh; d'iascabhair / iasc sibh; iascabhair‡	d'iasc siad; d'iascadar / iasc siad; iascadar‡	a d'iasc / ar iasc*	iascadh; hiascadh†
	past habitual	d'iascainn / iascainn‡; n-iascainn‡‡	d'iasctá / iasctá‡; n-iasctᇇ	d'iascadh sé, sí / iascadh sé, sí‡; n-iascadh sé, s퇇	d'iascaimis; d'iascadh muid / iascaimis; iascadh muid‡; n-iascaimis‡‡; n-iascadh muid‡‡	d'iascadh sibh / iascadh sibh‡; n-iascadh sibh‡‡	d'iascaidís; d'iascadh siad / iascaidís; iascadh siad‡; n-iascaidís‡‡; n-iascadh siad‡‡	a d'iascadh / a n-iascadh*	d'iasctaí / iasctaí‡; n-iascta퇇
future		iascfaidh mé; iascfad	iascfaidh tú; iascfair†	iascfaidh sé, sí	iascfaimid; iascfaidh muid	iascfaidh sibh	iascfaidh siad; iascfaid†	a iascfaidh; a iascfas / a n-iascfaidh*	iascfar
conditional		d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡; n-iascfainn‡‡	d'iascfá / iascfá‡; n-iascfᇇ	d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡; n-iascfadh sé, s퇇	d'iascfaimis; d'iascfadh muid / iascfaimis‡; iascfadh muid‡; n-iascfaimis‡‡; n-iascfadh muid‡‡	d'iascfadh sibh / iascfadh sibh‡; n-iascfadh sibh‡‡	d'iascfaidís; d'iascfadh siad / iascfaidís‡; iascfadh siad‡; n-iascfaidís‡‡; n-iascfadh siad‡‡	a d'iascfadh / a n-iascfadh*	d'iascfaí / iascfaí‡; n-iascfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-iasca mé; go n-iascad†	go n-iasca tú; go n-iascair†	go n-iasca sé, sí	go n-iascaimid; go n-iasca muid	go n-iasca sibh	go n-iasca siad; go n-iascaid†	—	go n-iasctar
	past	dá n-iascainn	dá n-iasctá	dá n-iascadh sé, sí	dá n-iascaimis; dá n-iascadh muid	dá n-iascadh sibh	dá n-iascaidís; dá n-iascadh siad	—	dá n-iasctaí
imperative		iascaim	iasc	iascadh sé, sí	iascaimis	iascaigí; iascaidh†	iascaidís	—	iasctar
verbal noun		iascach
past participle		iasctha

conjugation of iasc (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iasc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iasc	n-iasc	hiasc	t-iasc

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

References

1. Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íasc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24
3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 158, page 61

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN