iarsma
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish íarsma (“remainder, remnant, anything remaining over; posterity, survivor; the after-effects, the result (always in bad sense)”).
Noun
[edit]iarsma m or f (genitive singular iarsma, nominative plural iarsmaí)
- remainder, remnant
- survivor, surviving progeny
- aftereffect
- ill-effect, (evil) consequence; mark, trace
- resultant burden, encumbrance
- hansel, New Year's gift
Declension
[edit]Declension of iarsma
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Forms with the definite article
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- Feminine declension
Declension of iarsma
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- ainiarsma f (“evil consequence; ill effect”)
- fo-iarsma m (“side effect”)
- iarsmalann
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
iarsma | n-iarsma | hiarsma | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iarsma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “íarsma”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language