feileastram

Irish

Alternative forms

• aileastar, alastram, eileastar, eileastrom, feileastar, feileastrom, sileastar, siolastar, siolastrach, soileastar m, soileastrach f
• alasdram (superseded)

Etymology

The Dictionary of the Irish Language derives Classical Gaelic soilestar from Latin salicastrum, but Middle Irish ailestar is attested earlier. The ending -stram/-strom found in several alternative forms is certainly taken over from the Latin.

Noun

feileastram m (genitive singular feileastraim)

1. (wild) iris, yellow flag, Iris pseudacorus

Declension

Declension of feileastram (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative feileastram vocative a fheileastraim genitive feileastraim dative feileastram forms with the definite article case singular nominative an feileastram genitive an fheileastraim dative leis an bhfeileastram don fheileastram

Derived terms

• feileastram cumhra m (“sweet calamus”)
• feileastram dearg m (“montbretia”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feileastram

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feileastram	fheileastram	bhfeileastram

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