naoscach

• naosc, naosca, naoscán, naoscann
• naosgach (superseded)

From older naosca (from Old Irish naíscu) + -ach

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠeːsˠkəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠiːsˠkəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ˠiːsˠka(h)/

naoscach f (genitive singular naoscaí, nominative plural naoscacha)

1. snipe (bird of the family Scolopacidae)

• “naoscach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “naescu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “naoscaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 508.
• "naoscach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.