pilséar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English pilchard.

Noun

pilséar m (genitive singular pilséir, nominative plural pilséir)

1. pilchard (small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae)

Declension

Declension of pilséar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pilséar pilséir Vocative a philséir a philséara Genitive pilséir pilséar Dative pilséar pilséir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pilséar na pilséir Genitive an philséir na bpilséar Dative leis an bpilséar don philséar leis na pilséir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pilséar	philséar	bpilséar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pilséar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 542
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pilséar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN