cuasán
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cuasán m (genitive singular cuasáin, nominative plural cuasáin)
- (anatomy) cavity (hollow area within the body)
- (firearms) chamber (part of a firearm holding the round before firing)
- small hollow (unfilled space in something solid; cavity)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cuasán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cuasán | chuasán | gcuasán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cúasán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuasán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 206
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN