glasán

See also: glasan

Irish

Etymology

From glas +‎ -án.

Noun

glasán m (genitive singular glasáin, nominative plural glasáin)

1. (ornithology) finch
2. (botany) sea lettuce

   Synonym: sleaidí

3. (entomology) grayling (butterfly)

   Synonym: donnóg aille

4. (ichthyology) coalfish, pollock

   Synonyms: crothóg, liúdar, mangach, pollóg

Declension

Declension of glasán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative glasán glasáin vocative a ghlasáin a ghlasána genitive glasáin glasán dative glasán glasáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an glasán na glasáin genitive an ghlasáin na nglasán dative leis an nglasán don ghlasán leis na glasáin

Derived terms

• glasán darach (“greenfinch”)
• glasán gobmhór (“hawfinch”)
• glasán séabrach (“zebra finch”)
• rósghlasán (“rosefinch”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of glasán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glasán	ghlasán	nglasán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glasán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glasán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024