trasnán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tarstnán (“small beam, rafter”). Equivalent to trasna +‎ -án.

Noun

trasnán m (genitive singular trasnáin, nominative plural trasnáin)

1. crosspiece, crossbar
2. (architecture) transom
3. (geometry) diagonal
4. cross-rope (thatching)
5. (dated, typography) serif

   Synonym: seiríf

Declension

Declension of trasnán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative trasnán trasnáin Vocative a thrasnáin a thrasnána Genitive trasnáin trasnán Dative trasnán trasnáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an trasnán na trasnáin Genitive an trasnáin na dtrasnán Dative leis an trasnán don trasnán leis na trasnáin

Derived terms

• fiarthrasnán (“diagonal”)
• fuinneog thrasnáin (“transom window”)
• trasnánach (“diagonal”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
trasnán	thrasnán	dtrasnán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “trasnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tarstnán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language