mothasán

Irish

Etymology

From mothas (“springing; state of being about to calve”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌxəsˠanˠ/, /ˈmˠʌxəsˠan̪ˠ/ (as if spelled mochasán)

Noun

mothasán m (genitive singular mothasáin, nominative plural mothasáin)

1. springing cow, springer (cow or heifer close to calving)

Declension

Declension of mothasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative mothasán mothasáin Vocative a mhothasáin a mhothasána Genitive mothasáin mothasán Dative mothasán mothasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an mothasán na mothasáin Genitive an mhothasáin na mothasán Dative leis an mothasán don mhothasán leis na mothasáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mothasán	mhothasán	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “moṫasán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mothasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN