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iascaire

iascaire

Irish

Noun

iascaire m ‎(genitive singular iascaire, nominative plural iascairí)

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

Terms derived from iascaire

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
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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

"iascaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“íascaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.