fásach

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑːsˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠæːsˠa(h)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”), from fás (“empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited”).

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

1. waste, desert
2. uncultivated, uninhabited region
3. empty, deserted place

Declension

Declension of fásach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fásach fásaigh Vocative a fhásaigh a fhásacha Genitive fásaigh fásach Dative fásach fásaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fásach na fásaigh Genitive an fhásaigh na bhfásach Dative leis an bhfásach don fhásach leis na fásaigh

Alternative forms

• ásach

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fásach (“abundance, fertility”), from fás (“growing, growth”).

Adjective

fásach (genitive singular masculine fásaigh, genitive singular feminine fásaí, plural fásacha, comparative fásaí)

1. Alternative form of fás (“waste, vacant, empty, void; wild, luxuriant”)

Declension

Declension of fásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fásach	fhásach	fásacha; fhásacha²
Vocative	fhásaigh		fásacha
Genitive		fásaí	fásacha	fásach
Dative	fásach; fhásach¹	fhásach; fhásaigh (archaic)	fásacha; fhásacha²
Comparative	níos fásaí
Superlative	is fásaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

1. luxuriant growth

Declension

Declension of fásach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fásach fásaigh Vocative a fhásaigh a fhásacha Genitive fásaigh fásach Dative fásach fásaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fásach na fásaigh Genitive an fhásaigh na bhfásach Dative leis an bhfásach don fhásach leis na fásaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fásach	fhásach	bhfásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "fásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fásach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fásach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːsax/

Etymology 1

Noun

fásach n

1. (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
2. proverbial saying

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

fás (“empty, deserted, uninhabited”) +‎ -ach

Noun

fásach n

1. uninhabited place, waste, wilderness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
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.

Further reading

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN