céirseach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cíarsech, from cíar (“black, dark”) (whence modern ciar).[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈceːɾˠsˠa(x)/, [ˈcɛːɾˠsˠa(x)][3]

Noun

céirseach f (genitive singular céirsí, nominative plural céirseacha)

  1. female blackbird
  2. (poetic) song thrush
    Synonym: smólach ceoil

Declension
Declension of céirseach

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative céirseach céirseacha
Vocative a chéirseach a chéirseacha
Genitive céirsí céirseach
Dative céirseach
céirsigh (archaic, dialectal)		 céirseacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chéirseach na céirseacha
Genitive na céirsí na gcéirseach
Dative leis an gcéirseach
leis an gcéirsigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chéirseach
don chéirsigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na céirseacha

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.

References
  1. “céirseach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “céirsech, cíarsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 35

Further reading
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