peirsil
Irish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈpʲɛɾʲʃəlʲ/
Noun
peirsil f (genitive singular peirsile)
- parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
Declension
Declension of peirsil
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| 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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “peirsil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “peirsil” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “peirsil” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.