fásach

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”). By surface analysis, fás +‎ -ach.

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 singular plural nominative fásach fásaigh vocative a fhásaigh a fhásacha genitive fásaigh fásach dative fásach fásaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fásach na fásaigh genitive an fhásaigh na bhfásach dative leis an bhfásach don fhásach leis na fásaigh

Alternative forms

• ásach

Adjective

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

1. alternative form of fás (“waste, vacant”)

Declension

Declension of fásach

Positive	singular		plural
	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.

Descendants

• → Yola: fasagh

Etymology 2

From fás (“growth”) +‎ -ach

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

1. luxuriant growth

Declension

Declension of fásach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fásach fásaigh vocative a fhásaigh a fhásacha genitive fásaigh fásach dative fásach fásaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fásach na fásaigh genitive an fhásaigh na bhfásach dative leis an bhfásach don fhásach leis na fásaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fásach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fásach	fhásach	bhfásach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fásach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

fásach n

1. uninhabited place, waste, wilderness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Mutation of fásach

radical	lenition	nasalization
fásach	ḟásach	fásach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸaː.səx/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸaː.sax]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸaː.səx]

Noun

fásach n

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

Inflection

Neuter s-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fásachN	fásachN	fásaigeL
vocative	fásachN	fásachN	fásaigeL
accusative	fásachN	fásachN	fásaigeL
genitive	fásaigeL	fásaige	fásaigeN
dative	fásaigL	fásaigib	fásaigib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of fásach

radical	lenition	nasalization
fásach	ḟásach	fásach pronounced with /β̃-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language