peirsil

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish persille, from Anglo-Norman peresil, from Latin petroselinum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλινον (petrosélinon, parsley), from πέτρος (pétros, rock, stone) + σέλινον (sélinon, celery).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛɾʲʃəlʲ/

Noun

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peirsil f (genitive singular peirsile)

  1. parsley (Petroselinum crispum)

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
peirsil pheirsil bpeirsil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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