cuasán

Irish

Etymology

From cuas +‎ -án.

Noun

cuasán m (genitive singular cuasáin, nominative plural cuasáin)

  1. (anatomy) cavity (hollow area within the body)
  2. (firearms) chamber (part of a firearm holding the round before firing)
  3. small hollow (unfilled space in something solid; cavity)

Declension

Declension of cuasán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuasán cuasáin
vocative a chuasáin a chuasána
genitive cuasáin cuasán
dative cuasán cuasáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cuasán na cuasáin
genitive an chuasáin na gcuasán
dative leis an gcuasán
don chuasán 		leis na cuasáin

Descendants

  • → Yola: cousane, cousaane

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuasán
radical lenition eclipsis
cuasán chuasán gcuasán

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

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