bé-iasc

Irish

Etymology

From bé (“woman”) +‎ iasc (“fish”).

Noun

bé-iasc m (genitive singular bé-éisc, nominative plural bé-éisc)

1. damselfish

Declension

Declension of bé-iasc (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bé-iasc bé-éisc vocative a bhé-éisc a bhé-iasca genitive bé-éisc bé-iasc dative bé-iasc bé-éisc forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bé-iasc na bé-éisc genitive an bhé-éisc na mbé-iasc dative leis an mbé-iasc don bhé-iasc leis na bé-éisc

Mutation

Mutated forms of bé-iasc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bé-iasc	bhé-iasc	mbé-iasc

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

Further reading

• “bé-iasc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024