peirsil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish persille, from Anglo-Norman peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
peirsil f (genitive singular peirsile)
Declension edit
Declension of peirsil
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
peirsil | pheirsil | bpeirsil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “peirsil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “peirsil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “peirsil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.