páirc

See also: pàirc

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman parc (livestock pen), from Medieval Latin parcus, parricus, from Frankish *parrik (enclosure, pen), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (enclosure, fence).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pˠaːɾʲc/

Noun

páirc f (genitive singular páirce, nominative plural páirceanna)

  1. field, park
  2. large shoal (of fish)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • aerpháirc f (airfield)
  • ar pháirc an áir (on the battle-field)
  • daonpháirc f, páirc phoiblí (public park)
  • lárpháirc f (midfield)
  • páirc aonaigh (fair-ground)
  • páirceanna (check pattern) (in cloth)
  • páirc féir (pasture field)
  • páirc imeartha (playing-field)
  • páircíneach (checked, adjective) (of cloth)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
páirc pháirc bpáirc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further reading

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