áras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish árus (“abode, dwelling, residence”).

Noun

áras m (genitive singular árais, nominative plural árais)

  1. habitation, abode
  2. house, building
  3. vessel, container, dish

Declension
Declension of áras

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative áras árais
Vocative a árais a árasa
Genitive árais áras
Dative áras árais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-áras na hárais
Genitive an árais na n-áras
Dative leis an áras

don áras

 leis na hárais

Derived terms
  • árais tí (“household vessels”)
  • árasán (“apartment, flat”)
  • áras fuail (“chamber-pot”)
  • áras na naomh (“the abode of the saints”)
  • busáras (“bus station”)
  • ceoláras (“concert hall”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
áras n-áras háras t-áras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "áras" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “árus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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