easna
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish asna, esna (compare Scottish Gaelic asna), from Proto-Celtic *astnos, *astniyos (compare Welsh ais (“ribs”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (compare Latin os, Albanian asht).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeasna f (genitive singular easna, nominative plural easnacha or easnaí or easnaíocha)
Declension
editDeclension of easna
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative plurals:
Synonyms
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editMutation
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
easna | n-easna | heasna | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “easna”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 281
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “easna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87
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