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fásach

fásach

Irish

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

  1. waste, desert
  2. uncultivated, uninhabited region
  3. empty, deserted place
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fásach (abundance, fertility), from fás (growing, growth).

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

  1. luxuriant growth

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fásach fhásach bhfásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːsax/

Etymology 1

Noun

fásach n

  1. (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
  2. proverbial saying
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

fás (empty, deserted, uninhabited) + -ach

Noun

fásach n

  1. uninhabited place, waste, wilderness
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fásach ḟásach fásach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References