mothasán

Irish

Etymology

From mothas (“springing; state of being about to calve”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌxəsˠanˠ/, /ˈmˠʌxəsˠan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled mochasán)

Noun

mothasán m (genitive singular mothasáin, nominative plural mothasáin)

1. springing cow, springer (cow or heifer close to calving)

Declension

Declension of mothasán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative mothasán mothasáin vocative a mhothasáin a mhothasána genitive mothasáin mothasán dative mothasán mothasáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an mothasán na mothasáin genitive an mhothasáin na mothasán dative leis an mothasán don mhothasán leis na mothasáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of mothasán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mothasán	mhothasán	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “moṫasán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mothasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN