blaosc

== Irish == === Alternative forms === plaosc blaosg, plaosg (obsolete) === Etymology === From Old Irish bláesc (“eggshell, nutshell”). === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠl̪ˠeːsˠk/, [pˠl̪ˠëːə̯sˠk] (corresponding to the form plaosc) (Connacht) IPA(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /bˠlˠiːsˠk/, (older) /bˠlˠɯːsˠk/ === Noun === blaosc f (genitive singular blaoisce, nominative plural blaoscanna or blaoscacha) shell (of egg, nut, crustacean) ==== Declension ==== Alternative plural: blaoscacha ==== Derived terms ==== blaosc an chinn (“skull, cranium”) blaosc cnó (“nutshell”) blaosc uibhe (“eggshell”) === Verb === blaosc (present analytic blaoscann, future analytic blaoscfaidh, verbal noun blaoscadh, past participle blaosctha) (transitive) puff, inflate (chemistry, transitive) decrepitate ==== Conjugation ==== === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === “blaosc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “blaosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláesc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language