fhasa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• asa, fasa, fusa, fusadh

Etymology

From archaic asa, from Old Irish ussa. The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of asa as fhasa in lenition environments. Compare Irish fusa

Adjective

fhasa

1. comparative degree of furasta

   A bheil sin nas fhasa? ― Is it easier?

   (Is e) seo an dòigh as fhasa. ― This is the easiest way.

   Cha robh e na b' fhasa idir. ― It wasn't easier at all.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fasa	fhasa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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