ursain

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish airsan, aursain, from Old Irish airsa (“door-post, jamb”).

Noun

ursain f (genitive singular ursaine or ursan, nominative plural ursaineacha or ursana or ursanacha)

  1. (architecture) doorpost, doorjamb
  2. (figuratively) prop, support

Declension

Declension of ursain (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ursain ursaineacha
vocative a ursain a ursaineacha
genitive ursaine ursaineacha
dative ursain ursaineacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ursain na hursaineacha
genitive na hursaine na n-ursaineacha
dative leis an ursain
don ursain 		leis na hursaineacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ursain
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ursain n-ursain hursain 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

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