diúracas

Irish

Alternative forms

• diubhracas (obsolete)

Etymology

From diúraic (“to shoot, project”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʲuːɾˠəkəsˠ/

Noun

diúracas m (genitive singular diúracais)

1. pins and needles

   Synonym: codladh grifín

Declension

Declension of diúracas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative diúracas vocative a dhiúracais genitive diúracais dative diúracas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an diúracas genitive an diúracais dative leis an diúracas don diúracas

Mutation

Mutated forms of diúracas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diúracas	dhiúracas	ndiúracas

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) “diúracas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN