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