iascaireacht

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish íascairecht. By surface analysis, iascaire +‎ -acht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiəsˠkəɾʲəxt̪ˠ/

Noun

iascaireacht f (genitive singular iascaireachta, nominative plural iascaireachtaí)

1. (uncountable) fishing
2. (countable) fishery

Declension

Declension of iascaireacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iascaireacht iascaireachtaí vocative a iascaireacht a iascaireachtaí genitive iascaireachta iascaireachtaí dative iascaireacht iascaireachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iascaireacht na hiascaireachtaí genitive na hiascaireachta na n-iascaireachtaí dative leis an iascaireacht don iascaireacht leis na hiascaireachtaí

Derived terms

• bád iascaireachta
• fadiascaireacht
• fioscaireacht
• leictriascaireacht
• ró-iascaireacht
• slatiascaireacht

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of iascaireacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iascaireacht	n-iascaireacht	hiascaireacht	not applicable

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) “iascaireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN