fásach
Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”), from fás (“empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited”).
Noun
fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
- waste, desert
- uncultivated, uninhabited region
- empty, deserted place
Declension
Declension of fásach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Alternative forms
Adjective
fásach (genitive singular masculine fásaigh, genitive singular feminine fásaí, plural fásacha, comparative fásaí)
- Alternative form of fás (“waste, vacant, empty, void; wild, luxuriant”)
Declension
Declension of fásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fásach | fhásach | fásacha; fhásacha² | |
| Vocative | fhásaigh | fásacha | ||
| Genitive | fásaí | fásacha | fásach | |
| Dative | fásach; fhásach¹ |
fhásach; fhásaigh (archaic) |
fásacha; fhásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fásaí | |||
| Superlative | is fásaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Declension
Declension of fásach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fásach | fhásach | bhfásach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "fásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “fásach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fásach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaːsax/
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fásach | ḟásach | fásach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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