easna
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish asna, esna (compare Scottish Gaelic asna), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Welsh ais (“ribs”)), from pre-Celtic *astonyo-, *h₂estnijo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óst (compare Latin os, Albanian asht).
Noun
easna f (genitive singular easna, nominative plural easnacha or easnaí)
Declension
Declension of easna
Fourth declension
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- Alternative declension
Declension of easna
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of easna
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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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
- “asna” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “easna” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 11.
- "easna" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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