árasán

Irish

Etymology

From áras (“habitation, abode”) +‎ -án (compare Manx arasane).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾˠəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠəsˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæːɾˠəsˠanˠ/

Noun

árasán m (genitive singular árasáin, nominative plural árasáin)

1. apartment, flat

Declension

Declension of árasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative árasán árasáin Vocative a árasáin a árasána Genitive árasáin árasán Dative árasán árasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-árasán na hárasáin Genitive an árasáin na n-árasán Dative leis an árasán don árasán leis na hárasáin

Derived terms

• bloc árasán (“block of flats”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
árasán	n-árasán	hárasán	t-árasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “árasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “árasán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “árasán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024