fásach
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Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”), from fás (“empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited”).
Noun[edit]
fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
- waste, desert
- uncultivated, uninhabited region
- empty, deserted place
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish fásach (“abundance, fertility”), from fás (“growing, growth”).
Noun[edit]
fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fásach
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fásach | fhásach | bhfásach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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References[edit]
- "fásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
fásach n
- (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
- proverbial saying
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Etymology 2[edit]
fás (“empty, deserted, uninhabited”) + -ach
Noun[edit]
fásach n
- uninhabited place, waste, wilderness
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fásach | ḟásach | fásach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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References[edit]
- “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
