giarsa

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

giarsa m (genitive singular giarsa, nominative plural giarsaí)

1. joist
2. beam, girder

Declension

Declension of giarsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative giarsa giarsaí Vocative a ghiarsa a ghiarsaí Genitive giarsa giarsaí Dative giarsa giarsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an giarsa na giarsaí Genitive an ghiarsa na ngiarsaí Dative leis an ngiarsa don ghiarsa leis na giarsaí

Derived terms

• giarsa cliathraigh (“lattice girder”)
• giarsa droma (“(tail) boom”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
giarsa	ghiarsa	ngiarsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.