dísc

See also: disc, disc., and Disc.

Irish

Alternative forms

• díosc, dísce
• díosg, dísg, dísge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish dísc (“barren, dried up”), from Proto-Celtic *dī-siskʷos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʲiːʃc/

Noun

dísc f (genitive singular dísce)

1. dryness
2. barrenness

Declension

Declension of dísc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative dísc Vocative a dhísc Genitive dísce Dative dísc

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an dísc Genitive na dísce Dative leis an dísc don dísc

Derived terms

• i ndísc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dísc	dhísc	ndísc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “dísc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dísc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díosc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 245
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dísc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN