íasc

See also: iasc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸēskos, 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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
íasc (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-íasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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