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• alasdram (superseded)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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feileastram	fheileastram	bhfeileastram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feileastram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN