dísc

See also: disc, disc., and Disc.

Irish

Alternative forms

• díosc, dísce
• díosg, dísg, dísge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish dísc (“barren, dried up”), from Proto-Celtic *dī-siskʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiːʃc/

Noun

dísc f (genitive singular dísce)

1. dryness
2. barrenness

Declension

Declension of dísc (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dísc vocative a dhísc genitive dísce dative dísc forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dísc genitive na dísce dative leis an dísc don dísc

Derived terms

• i ndísc

Mutation

Mutated forms of dísc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dísc	dhísc	ndísc

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

Further reading

• “dísc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dísc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díosc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 245
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dísc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN