easna

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish asna, esna (compare Scottish Gaelic asna),[1] from Proto-Celtic *ast-nos, *astniyos (compare Welsh ais (“ribs”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (compare Latin os, Albanian asht).

Pronunciation

Noun

easna f (genitive singular easna, nominative plural easnacha or easnaí or easnaíocha)

  1. (anatomy, nautical, of violin) rib
  2. (nautical) strake
  3. (nautical) timber

Declension

Declension of easna (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative easna easnacha
vocative a easna a easnacha
genitive easna easnacha
dative easna easnacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an easna na heasnacha
genitive na heasna na n-easnacha
dative leis an easna
don easna 		leis na heasnacha

Alternative plurals:

  • easnaí, easnaíocha

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of easna
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
easna n-easna heasna not applicable

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), “asna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 11
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87

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