basa-

See also: basa, basá, and başa

Basque

Prefix

basa-

1. Combining form of baso (“forest”)

Irish

Alternative forms

• basai- (before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “foundation, base”).

Prefix

basa-

1. basi-, baso-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with basa-

basaifileach

Mutation

Mutated forms of basa-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
basa-	bhasa-	mbasa-

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) “basa(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN