trasnán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tarstnán (“small beam, rafter”). Equivalent to trasna +‎ -án.

Noun

trasnán m (genitive singular trasnáin, nominative plural trasnáin)

  1. crosspiece, crossbar
  2. (architecture) transom
  3. (geometry) diagonal
  4. cross-rope (thatching)
  5. (dated, typography) serif
    Synonym: seiríf

Declension

Declension of trasnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative trasnán trasnáin
vocative a thrasnáin a thrasnána
genitive trasnáin trasnán
dative trasnán trasnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an trasnán na trasnáin
genitive an trasnáin na dtrasnán
dative leis an trasnán
don trasnán 		leis na trasnáin

Derived terms

  • fiarthrasnán (“diagonal”)
  • fuinneog thrasnáin (“transom window”)
  • trasnánach (“diagonal”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trasnán
radical lenition eclipsis
trasnán thrasnán dtrasnán

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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