Talamh an Éisc

Irish

Etymology

From talamh (“land”) + éisc (genitive singular of iasc (“fish”)), thus literally “land of the fish”.

Proper noun

Talamh an Éisc f or m (genitive Thalamh an Éisc)

Newfoundland (an island in Canada)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Talamh an Éisc	Thalamh an Éisc	dTalamh an Éisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Entries containing “Talamh an Éisc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “Talamh an Éisc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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