ársa

See also: arsa

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ársaidh (obsolete)
  • (noun): ársach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish arsaid (“old, ancient, aged”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸarstā-, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pr- (“before, formerly; through, throughout”) + *steh₂-. Compare Scottish Gaelic àrsaidh.

Adjective

ársa

  1. ancient, antique
  2. archaic
  3. aged, veteran

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • anársa (“young, inexperienced”, adjective)
  • ársaigh (“to grow old”)
  • ársaíocht (“archaism”)
  • bréagársa (“pseudo-archaic”, adjective)

Noun

ársa m (genitive singular ársa, nominative plural ársaí)

  1. (literary) aged person; (in plural) ancients
  2. veteran

Declension

Declension of ársa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ársa ársaí
vocative a ársa a ársaí
genitive ársa ársaí
dative ársa ársaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ársa na hársaí
genitive an ársa na n-ársaí
dative leis an ársa
don ársa 		leis na hársaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ársa
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ársa n-ársa hársa not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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