áras

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aras"

Irish

Alternative forms

• fáras
• árus, fárus (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish árus (“abode, dwelling, residence”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

áras m (genitive singular árais, nominative plural árais)

1. habitation, abode
2. house, building
3. vessel, container, dish

Declension

Declension of áras

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative áras árais Vocative a árais a árasa Genitive árais áras Dative áras árais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-áras na hárais Genitive an árais na n-áras Dative leis an áras don áras leis na hárais

Derived terms

• árais tí (“household vessels”)
• áraistí (“household vessels”)
• áras ceoldrámaíochta (“opera house”)
• áras fuail (“chamber-pot”)
• áras na naomh (“the abode of the saints”)
• árasán (“apartment, flat”)
• busáras (“bus station”)
• ceoláras (“concert hall”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áras	n-áras	háras	t-áras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “árus”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 41
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “áras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN