lasc

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

lasc f (genitive singular laisce, nominative plural lasca)

1. lash; whip
   • 2010, Louis de Paor, Máistir Dána / Past Master, in agus rud eile de / and another thing, pages 17 (Irish) and 16 (English):

     Nuair a tharraing sé lasc
     gan choinne leis ar a dheasc
     tháinig allas amach tré bhoinn ár gcos,

     When he drew a lash of the baton
     on the desk without warning
     we could feel the sweat on the soles of our feet,

2. switch
3. (Gaelic football) punt

Declension

Declension of lasc (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative lasc lasca vocative a lasc a lasca genitive laisce lasc dative lasc lasca forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an lasc na lasca genitive na laisce na lasc dative leis an lasc don lasc leis na lasca

Derived terms

• lasc-chlár (“switchboard”)

Verb

lasc (present analytic lascann, future analytic lascfaidh, verbal noun lascadh, past participle lasctha)

1. lash, whip
2. kick, strike
   • Máire Mhac an tSaoi, An Crann (The Tree), reprinted with an English translation in Declan Kiberd's Inventing Ireland, page 603:

     Thit an tóin as mo bholg

     is faoi mar a gheobhainn lascadh cic

     nó leacadar sna baotháin

     íon taom anbhainne isteach orm

     a dhein chomh lag san mé

     gurb ar éigin a bhí ardú na méire ionam

     as san go ceann trí lá.

     […]

     Paul Muldoon's version is as unbuttoned as the original:

     […]

     The bottom falling out of my belly

     as if I had got a kick[ing] up the arse

     or a punch in the kidneys.

     A fainting-fit coming over me

     that took the legs from under me

     and left me so zonked

     I could barely lift a finger

     till Wednesday.

3. dash
4. (with ann/as) switch (on/off)

Conjugation

Conjugation of lasc (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	lascaim	lascann tú; lascair†	lascann sé, sí	lascaimid; lascann muid	lascann sibh	lascann siad; lascaid†	a lascann; a lascas	lasctar
past	lasc mé; lascas	lasc tú; lascais	lasc sé, sí	lascamar; lasc muid	lasc sibh; lascabhair	lasc siad; lascadar	a lasc	lascadh
past habitual	lascainn	lasctá	lascadh sé, sí	lascaimis; lascadh muid	lascadh sibh	lascaidís; lascadh siad	a lascadh	lasctaí
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	lascfaidh mé; lascfad	lascfaidh tú; lascfair†	lascfaidh sé, sí	lascfaimid; lascfaidh muid	lascfaidh sibh	lascfaidh siad; lascfaid†	a lascfaidh; a lascfas	lascfar
conditional	lascfainn	lascfá	lascfadh sé, sí	lascfaimis; lascfadh muid	lascfadh sibh	lascfaidís; lascfadh siad	a lascfadh	lascfaí
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go lasca mé; go lascad†	go lasca tú; go lascair†	go lasca sé, sí	go lascaimid; go lasca muid	go lasca sibh	go lasca siad; go lascaid†	—	go lasctar
past	dá lascainn	dá lasctá	dá lascadh sé, sí	dá lascaimis; dá lascadh muid	dá lascadh sibh	dá lascaidís; dá lascadh siad	—	dá lasctaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	lascaim	lasc	lascadh sé, sí	lascaimis	lascaigí; lascaidh†	lascaidís	—	lasctar
past participle	lasctha
verbal noun	lascadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form