oscar
English
Noun
oscar (plural oscars)
- Astronotus ocellatus, a cichlid fish, native to South America, sometimes kept in aquariums.
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish oscar (“outsider, new-comer, stranger; layperson, non-professional person; unskilled person, ignorant person; foe, enemy (especially an unknown one or stranger); (in late poetry) warrior, hero”).
Noun
oscar m (genitive singular oscair, nominative plural oscair)
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of oscar
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
oscar | n-oscar | hoscar | t-oscar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "oscar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 oscar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “oscor” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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