casúr

Irish

Alternative forms

  • casabhar (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cassur, from Latin quassō. Cognate with Manx casoor and Scottish Gaelic casar, as well as French casseur.

Pronunciation

Noun

casúr m or f (genitive singular casúir or casúrach, nominative plural casúir)

  1. hammer

Declension

Declension of casúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative casúr casúir
vocative a chasúir a chasúra
genitive casúir casúr
dative casúr casúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an casúr na casúir
genitive an chasúir na gcasúr
dative leis an gcasúr
don chasúr 		leis na casúir

Derived terms

  • casúirín m (“malleus”)
  • casúireacht f (“(act of) hammering”)
  • casúr cluasach m (“claw-hammer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of casúr
radical lenition eclipsis
casúr chasúr gcasúr

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Dillon, Myles, Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 218
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 148
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 45, page 20

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