casúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• casabhar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cassur, from Latin quassō. Cognate with Manx casoor and Scottish Gaelic casar, as well as French casseur.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈsˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠuɾˠ/

Noun

casúr m or f (genitive singular casúir or casúrach, nominative plural casúir)

1. hammer

Declension

Declension of casúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative casúr casúir vocative a chasúir a chasúra genitive casúir casúr dative casúr casúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an casúr na casúir genitive an chasúir na gcasúr dative leis an gcasúr don chasúr leis na casúir

Derived terms

• casúirín m (“malleus”)
• casúireacht f (“(act of) hammering”)
• casúr cluasach m (“claw-hammer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of casúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
casúr	chasúr	gcasúr

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “casúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN