fleasc

Irish

Alternative forms

• flasc, pleasc
• flasg, fleasg, pleasg (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲlʲasˠk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish flesc, from Proto-Celtic *wliskā. Possibly related to Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wlizjan, “to mortify, bruise”).

Noun

fleasc f (genitive singular fleisce, nominative plural fleasca)

1. wand, rod
2. (engineering, architecture) fillet
3. wreath, garland
4. circlet
5. (typography) dash (typographic symbol)
6. hoop, band, rim
7. (literary) line, stroke (for an Ogham letter)

Declension

Declension of fleasc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fleasc fleasca Vocative a fhleasc a fhleasca Genitive fleisce fleasc Dative fleasc fleisc (archaic, dialectal) fleasca

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhleasc na fleasca Genitive na fleisce na bhfleasc Dative leis an bhfleasc leis an bhfleisc (archaic, dialectal) don fhleasc don fhleisc (archaic, dialectal) leis na fleasca

Derived terms

• bláthfhleasc
• coscán fleisce (“rim brake”)
• eachlasc
• faonfhleasc
• Fleasc (“(River) Flesk”)
• fleasc an droma (“flat of the back”)
• fleasc dhraíochta (“magic wand”)
• fleascach
• fleascóir
• forfhleasc

 

Etymology 2

From English flask, from Middle English flask (“case, cask, keg”), from Old English flasce (“bottle, flask”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle, jug”).

Noun

fleasc m (genitive singular fleasca, nominative plural fleascanna)

1. flask

Declension

Declension of fleasc

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fleasc fleascanna Vocative a fhleasc a fhleascanna Genitive fleasca fleascanna Dative fleasc fleascanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fleasc na fleascanna Genitive an fhleasca na bhfleascanna Dative leis an bhfleasc don fhleasc leis na fleascanna

Derived terms

• fleascán
• fleasc póca

Etymology 3

From Middle Irish flesc (“wetting”), probably from the root of Old Irish fliuch (“wet”).

Noun

fleasc m (genitive singular fleasca, nominative plural fleascanna)

1. Synonym of flosc (“flux, torrent”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fleasc	fhleasc	bhfleasc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fleasc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fleasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN