blaosc
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish bláesc (“eggshell, nutshell”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠl̪ˠeːsˠk/, [pˠl̪ˠëːə̯sˠk][1] (corresponding to the form plaosc)
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/, (older) /bˠlˠɯːsˠk/
Noun edit
blaosc f (genitive singular blaoisce, nominative plural blaoscanna or blaoscacha)
- shell (of egg, nut, crustacean)
Declension edit
Declension of blaosc
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: blaoscacha
Derived terms edit
- blaosc an chinn (“skull, cranium”)
- blaosc cnó (“nutshell”)
- blaosc uibhe (“eggshell”)
Verb edit
blaosc (present analytic blaoscann, future analytic blaoscfaidh, verbal noun blaoscadh, past participle blaosctha)
Conjugation edit
conjugation of blaosc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
blaosc | bhlaosc | mblaosc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22
Further reading edit
- “blaosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language