iascaire

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íascaire. By surface analysis, iasc (“fish”) +‎ -aire. Compare Scottish Gaelic iasgair.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəsˠkəɾʲə/

Noun

iascaire m (genitive singular iascaire, nominative plural iascairí)

1. fisherman, angler

Declension

Declension of iascaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iascaire iascairí vocative a iascaire a iascairí genitive iascaire iascairí dative iascaire iascairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-iascaire na hiascairí genitive an iascaire na n-iascairí dative leis an iascaire don iascaire leis na hiascairí

Derived terms

• gairdín an iascaire
• garraí an iascaire (“the sea”, literally “the fisherman's garden”)
• iascaire coirneach
• iascaire oidhreachta (“legacy-hunter”)
• iascaire péarlaí (“pearl diver”)
• iascaireacht
• is maith an t-iascaire an té atá ar an talamh (“the person who doesn't have to do the task finds it easy to criticize those who do”)
• pióg an iascaire (“fisherman's pie”)
• snaidhm an iascaire (“fisherman's knot”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of iascaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iascaire	n-iascaire	hiascaire	t-iascaire

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

Further reading

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