céirseach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cíarsech, from cíar (“black, dark”) (whence modern ciar).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
céirseach f (genitive singular céirsí, nominative plural céirseacha)
- female blackbird
- (poetic) song thrush
- Synonym: smólach ceoil
Declension[edit]
Declension of céirseach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Hypernyms[edit]
- lon dubh (“blackbird (regardless of gender)”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
céirseach | chéirseach | gcéirseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ “céirseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “céirsech, cíarsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “céirseaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 133
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “céirseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN