uireasa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish airesbaid.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɾʲəsˠə/

Noun

uireasa f (genitive singular uireasa)

  1. lack, want, absence, deficiency

Declension

Declension of uireasa (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative uireasa
vocative a uireasa
genitive uireasa
dative uireasa
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an uireasa
genitive na huireasa
dative leis an uireasa
don uireasa

Derived terms

  • uireasa cuimhne (“forgetfulness”)
  • uireasach (“lacking, deficient”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of uireasa
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uireasa n-uireasa huireasa 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), “airesbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uireasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “uireasbaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1294; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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