asparagas
Irish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).
Noun
asparagas m (genitive singular asparagais)
- asparagus
- Synonyms: lus spreagtha, lus súch, lus súgach
Declension
Declension of asparagas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- barr gas asparagais (“asparagus tip”)
- coróin asparagais (“asparagus crown”)
- gas asparagais (“asparagus spear”)
- raithneach asparagais (“asparagus fern”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| asparagas | n-asparagas | hasparagas | t-asparagas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "asparagas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “asparagus” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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