anspás

Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ spás

Noun

anspás m (genitive singular anspáis)

1. (the act of) gorging oneself, devouring food

   Synonym: craos

   Rinne sé anspás ar an mairteoil rosta.

   He gorged himself on the roast beef.

Declension

Declension of anspás (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative anspás vocative a anspáis genitive anspáis dative anspás forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-anspás genitive an anspáis dative leis an anspás don anspás

Mutation

Mutated forms of anspás

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
anspás	n-anspás	hanspás	t-anspás

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anspás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN