gasra

Irish

Alternative forms

• gasradh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish gasrad. By surface analysis, gas (“stripling; scion”) +‎ -ra.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑsˠəɾˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡasˠɾˠə/

Noun

gasra m (genitive singular gasra, nominative plural gasraí)

1. (literary) (band of) young warriors; band of (young) men, of soldiers
2. group of people; branch of organization
3. (military) section

Declension

Declension of gasra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gasra gasraí vocative a ghasra a ghasraí genitive gasra gasraí dative gasra gasraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gasra na gasraí genitive an ghasra na ngasraí dative leis an ngasra don ghasra leis na gasraí

Derived terms

• fo-ghasra (“small band of people”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gasra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gasra	ghasra	ngasra

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