iasc

See also: íasc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasc, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeiskos, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-; compare fish, Latin piscis. The Brythonic words (Welsh pysgodyn, Breton pesk) are loanwords from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iəsˠk/

Noun

iasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)

1. fish

Declension

Declension of iasc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative iasc éisc vocative a éisc a iasca genitive éisc iasc dative iasc éisc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-iasc na héisc genitive an éisc na n-iasc dative leis an iasc don iasc leis na héisc

Derived terms

• bé-iasc (“damselfish”)
• ciseán éisc m (“fish-basket”)
• dabhach éisc f (“fish-pond”)
• iasc scamhógach m (“lungfish”)
• iascaire m (“fisherman, angler”)
• iascán (“mussel”)
• na hÉisc (“Pisces”)

Verb

iasc (present analytic iascann, future analytic iascfaidh, verbal noun iascach, past participle iasctha)

1. (ambitransitive) fish

Conjugation

conjugation of iasc (first conjugation – A)

verbal noun	iascach
past participle	iasctha
tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative
present	iascaim	iascann tú; iascair†	iascann sé, sí	iascaimid	iascann sibh	iascann siad; iascaid†	a iascann; a iascas / a n-iascann*	iasctar
past	d'iasc mé; d'iascas / iasc mé‡; iascas‡	d'iasc tú; d'iascais / iasc tú; iascais‡	d'iasc sé, sí / iasc sé, sí‡	d'iascamar; d'iasc muid / iascamar; iasc muid‡	d'iasc sibh; d'iascabhair / iasc sibh; iascabhair‡	d'iasc siad; d'iascadar / iasc siad; iascadar‡	a d'iasc / ar iasc*	iascadh; hiascadh†
past habitual	d'iascainn / iascainn‡; n-iascainn‡‡	d'iasctá / iasctá‡; n-iasctᇇ	d'iascadh sé, sí / iascadh sé, sí‡; n-iascadh sé, s퇇	d'iascaimis; d'iascadh muid / iascaimis; iascadh muid‡; n-iascaimis‡‡; n-iascadh muid‡‡	d'iascadh sibh / iascadh sibh‡; n-iascadh sibh‡‡	d'iascaidís; d'iascadh siad / iascaidís; iascadh siad‡; n-iascaidís‡‡; n-iascadh siad‡‡	a d'iascadh / a n-iascadh*	d'iasctaí / iasctaí‡; n-iascta퇇
future	iascfaidh mé; iascfad	iascfaidh tú; iascfair†	iascfaidh sé, sí	iascfaimid; iascfaidh muid	iascfaidh sibh	iascfaidh siad; iascfaid†	a iascfaidh; a iascfas / a n-iascfaidh*	iascfar
conditional	d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡; n-iascfainn‡‡	d'iascfá / iascfá‡; n-iascfᇇ	d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡; n-iascfadh sé, s퇇	d'iascfaimis; d'iascfadh muid / iascfaimis‡; iascfadh muid‡; n-iascfaimis‡‡; n-iascfadh muid‡‡	d'iascfadh sibh / iascfadh sibh‡; n-iascfadh sibh‡‡	d'iascfaidís; d'iascfadh siad / iascfaidís‡; iascfadh siad‡; n-iascfaidís‡‡; n-iascfadh siad‡‡	a d'iascfadh / a n-iascfadh*	d'iascfaí / iascfaí‡; n-iascfa퇇
subjunctive
present	go n-iasca mé; go n-iascad†	go n-iasca tú; go n-iascair†	go n-iasca sé, sí	go n-iascaimid; go n-iasca muid	go n-iasca sibh	go n-iasca siad; go n-iascaid†	—	go n-iasctar
past	dá n-iascainn	dá n-iasctá	dá n-iascadh sé, sí	dá n-iascaimis; dá n-iascadh muid	dá n-iascadh sibh	dá n-iascaidís; dá n-iascadh siad	—	dá n-iasctaí
imperative
–	iascaim	iasc	iascadh sé, sí	iascaimis	iascaigí; iascaidh†	iascaidís	—	iasctar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Mutation

Mutated forms of iasc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iasc	n-iasc	hiasc	t-iasc

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