íasc

See also: iasc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːa̯sk/

Noun

íasc m (genitive éisc, nominative plural éisc)

1. fish

Declension

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	íasc	íascL	éiscL
vocative	éisc	íascL	íascuH
accusative	íascN	íascL	íascuH
genitive	éiscL	íasc	íascN
dative	íascL	íascaib	íascaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: iasc
• Manx: eeast
• Scottish Gaelic: iasg

Mutation

Mutation of íasc

radical	lenition	nasalization
íasc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-íasc

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íasc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language