iascaire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íascaire; synchronically, iasc (“fish”) +‎ -aire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiəsˠkəɾʲə/

Noun

iascaire m (genitive singular iascaire, nominative plural iascairí)

  1. fisherman, angler

Declension
Declension of iascaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iascaire iascairí
Vocative a iascaire a iascairí
Genitive iascaire iascairí
Dative iascaire iascairí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-iascaire na hiascairí
Genitive an iascaire na n-iascairí
Dative leis an iascaire

don iascaire

 leis na hiascairí

Derived terms
  • gairdín an iascaire m, garraí an iascaire m (“the sea”, literally “the fisherman's garden”)
  • iascaireacht f (“fishing, fishery”)
  • iascaire coirneach m (“osprey”)
  • iascaire oidhreachta m (“legacy-hunter”)
  • iascaire péarlaí m (“pearl diver”)
  • is maith an t-iascaire an té atá ar an talamh (“the person who doesn't have to do the task finds it easy to criticize those who do”)
  • pióg an iascaire f (“fisherman's pie”)
  • snaidhm an iascaire (“fisherman's knot”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
iascaire n-iascaire hiascaire t-iascaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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