# iasc
## 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: /iəsˠk/

### Noun

iasc m (genitive singular éisc, nominative plural éisc)
* fish

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
iasc
éisc
vocative
a éisc
a iasca
genitive
éisc
iasc
dative
iasc
éisc
forms with the definite article
case
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)
* (transitive, intransitive) fish

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | iascaim | iascann tú; iascair$^†$ | iascann sé, sí | iascaimid | iascann sibh | iascann siad; iascaid$^†$ | a iascann; a iascas / a n-iascann* | iasctar |
| indicative | 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$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'iascainn / iascainn‡; n-iascainn‡‡ | d'iasctá / iasctá‡; n-iasctá‡‡ | d'iascadh sé, sí / iascadh sé, sí‡; n-iascadh sé, sí‡‡ | 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-iasctaí‡‡ |
| future | 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 | conditional | d'iascfainn / iascfainn‡; n-iascfainn‡‡ | d'iascfá / iascfá‡; n-iascfá‡‡ | d'iascfadh sé, sí / iascfadh sé, sí‡; n-iascfadh sé, sí‡‡ | 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-iascfaí‡‡ |
| 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 |
| subjunctive | 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 | imperative | iascaim | iasc | iascadh sé, sí | iascaimis | iascaigí; iascaidh$^†$ | iascaidís | — | iasctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | iascach | iascach | iascach | iascach | iascach | iascach | iascach | iascach |
| past participle | past participle | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha | iasctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íasc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 46, page 24
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 158, page 61

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN