osán

Irish

Alternative forms

• asán

Etymology

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Noun

osán m (genitive singular osáin, nominative plural osáin)

1. leg (of trousers)
2. hose (stocking-like garment; connecting tube)

Declension

Declension of osán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative osán osáin vocative a osáin a osána genitive osáin osán dative osán osáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-osán na hosáin genitive an osáin na n-osán dative leis an osán don osán leis na hosáin

Derived terms

• osán coscáin (“brake hose”)
• osánach (“hose-like; breeches-like”)
• osánacht (“hosiery”)

 

See also

• riteoga

Mutation

Mutated forms of osán

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
osán	n-osán	hosán	t-osán

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) “osán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “hose”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “leg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024