Talamh an Éisc

Irish

Etymology

From talamh (“land”) + éisc (genitive singular of iasc (“fish”)), thus literally “land of the fish”.

Proper noun

Talamh an Éisc f or m (genitive Thalamh an Éisc)

1. Newfoundland (an island in Canada)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Talamh an Éisc	Thalamh an Éisc	dTalamh an Éisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Talamh an Éisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Talamh an Éisc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024