diúracas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • diubhracas (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From diúraic (“to shoot, project”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲuːɾˠəkəsˠ/

Noun

diúracas m (genitive singular diúracais)

  1. pins and needles
    Synonym: codladh grifín

Declension

Declension of diúracas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative diúracas
vocative a dhiúracais
genitive diúracais
dative diúracas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an diúracas
genitive an diúracais
dative leis an diúracas
don diúracas

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúracas
radical lenition eclipsis
diúracas dhiúracas ndiúracas

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “diuḃracas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 344; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN

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