casair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cassar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠəɾʲ/

Noun

casair f (genitive singular casrach, nominative plural casracha)

1. (literary) (shower of) hail

Declension

Declension of casair

Fifth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative casair casracha Vocative a chasair a chasracha Genitive casrach casracha Dative casair casraigh (archaic, dialectal) casracha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chasair na casracha Genitive na casrach na gcasracha Dative leis an gcasair leis an gcasraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chasair don chasraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na casracha

Derived terms

• casair thine (“shower of sparks, flash of lightning”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casair	chasair	gcasair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “casair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN