páirc

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Irish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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páirc f (genitive singular páirce, nominative plural páirceanna)

  1. field, park
    Synonyms: garraí, gort
  2. large shoal (of fish)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 86, page 47
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

Further reading

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