# blaosc
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* plaosc
* blaosg, plaosg (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Irish bláesc (“eggshell, nutshell”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /pˠl̪ˠeːsˠk/, [pˠl̪ˠëːə̯sˠk] (corresponding to the form plaosc)
* (Connacht) IPA: /bˠlˠiːsˠk/
* (Ulster) IPA: /bˠlˠiːsˠk/, (older) /bˠlˠɯːsˠk/

### Noun

blaosc f (genitive singular blaoisce, nominative plural blaoscanna or blaoscacha)
* shell (of egg, nut, crustacean)

#### Declension

Second declension
* Alternative plural: blaoscacha

#### Derived terms

* blaosc an chinn (“skull, cranium”)
* blaosc cnó (“nutshell”)
* blaosc uibhe (“eggshell”)

### Verb

blaosc (present analytic blaoscann, future analytic blaoscfaidh, verbal noun blaoscadh, past participle blaosctha)
* (transitive) puff, inflate
* (chemistry, transitive) decrepitate

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | blaoscaim | blaoscann tú; blaoscair$^†$ | blaoscann sé, sí | blaoscaimid | blaoscann sibh | blaoscann siad; blaoscaid$^†$ | a bhlaoscann; a bhlaoscas / a mblaoscann* | blaosctar |
| indicative | past | bhlaosc mé; bhlaoscas | bhlaosc tú; bhlaoscais | bhlaosc sé, sí | bhlaoscamar; bhlaosc muid | bhlaosc sibh; bhlaoscabhair | bhlaosc siad; bhlaoscadar | a bhlaosc / ar bhlaosc* | blaoscadh |
| indicative | past habitual | bhlaoscainn / mblaoscainn‡‡ | bhlaosctá / mblaosctá‡‡ | bhlaoscadh sé, sí / mblaoscadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhlaoscaimis; bhlaoscadh muid / mblaoscaimis‡‡; mblaoscadh muid‡‡ | bhlaoscadh sibh / mblaoscadh sibh‡‡ | bhlaoscaidís; bhlaoscadh siad / mblaoscaidís‡‡; mblaoscadh siad‡‡ | a bhlaoscadh / a mblaoscadh* | bhlaosctaí / mblaosctaí‡‡ |
| future | future | blaoscfaidh mé; blaoscfad | blaoscfaidh tú; blaoscfair$^†$ | blaoscfaidh sé, sí | blaoscfaimid; blaoscfaidh muid | blaoscfaidh sibh | blaoscfaidh siad; blaoscfaid$^†$ | a bhlaoscfaidh; a bhlaoscfas / a mblaoscfaidh* | blaoscfar |
| conditional | conditional | bhlaoscfainn / mblaoscfainn‡‡ | bhlaoscfá / mblaoscfá‡‡ | bhlaoscfadh sé, sí / mblaoscfadh sé, sí‡‡ | bhlaoscfaimis; bhlaoscfadh muid / mblaoscfaimis‡‡; mblaoscfadh muid‡‡ | bhlaoscfadh sibh / mblaoscfadh sibh‡‡ | bhlaoscfaidís; bhlaoscfadh siad / mblaoscfaidís‡‡; mblaoscfadh siad‡‡ | a bhlaoscfadh / a mblaoscfadh* | bhlaoscfaí / mblaoscfaí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go mblaosca mé; go mblaoscad$^†$ | go mblaosca tú; go mblaoscair$^†$ | go mblaosca sé, sí | go mblaoscaimid; go mblaosca muid | go mblaosca sibh | go mblaosca siad; go mblaoscaid$^†$ | — | go mblaosctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá mblaoscainn | dá mblaosctá | dá mblaoscadh sé, sí | dá mblaoscaimis; dá mblaoscadh muid | dá mblaoscadh sibh | dá mblaoscaidís; dá mblaoscadh siad | — | dá mblaosctaí |
| imperative | imperative | blaoscaim | blaosc | blaoscadh sé, sí | blaoscaimis | blaoscaigí; blaoscaidh$^†$ | blaoscaidís | — | blaosctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh | blaoscadh |
| past participle | past participle | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha | blaosctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 22

### Further reading

* “blaosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language