furasta

Irish

Alternative forms

• furas, furasa, uraiste, uras
• fuirist, fuiriste (Munster)
• furast (Ulster)
• forusda, forusta, fuiris, fuirisde, furaist, furaiste, furaisde, furasda, furus, furusda, furust, furusta, furuisde, furuiste, uirisde, uiriste, urasa, urus, urusa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa (“at ease”). Akin to fusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʊɾˠəsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɾˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/ (as if spelled frusta)

Adjective

furasta (comparative fusa)

1. easy

Declension

Declension of furasta

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	furasta	fhurasta	furasta; fhurasta2
vocative	fhurasta		furasta
genitive		furasta	furasta	furasta
dative	furasta; fhurasta1	fhurasta	furasta; fhurasta2
Comparative	níos fusa
Superlative	is fusa

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• anfhurasta (“difficult”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of furasta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
furasta	fhurasta	bhfurasta

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) “furasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “furasta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 341
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “furasta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “furasta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• furasda

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuɾəs̪t̪ə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɾəs̪t̪(ə)/ (corresponding to the form fearasta)
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈfuɾəs̪t̪ʌ]

Adjective

furasta (comparative fhasa, qualitative noun fasaid or fasad)

1. easy

Synonyms

• soirbh

Antonyms

• mì-fhurasda