lusna

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

lusna m (genitive singular lusna, nominative plural lusnaí)

1. (fishing) snood

   Synonyms: drogha, foirtéim, losna, snúda

2. (thread of) spider's web

Declension

Declension of lusna (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative lusna lusnaí vocative a lusna a lusnaí genitive lusna lusnaí dative lusna lusnaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an lusna na lusnaí genitive an lusna na lusnaí dative leis an lusna don lusna leis na lusnaí

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lusna”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lusna”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language