uireasa

Irish

Alternative forms

• uireasbhaidh (superseded)
• uireaspa (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish airesbaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəsˠə/

Noun

uireasa f (genitive singular uireasa)

1. lack, want, absence, deficiency

Declension

Declension of uireasa

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative uireasa Vocative a uireasa Genitive uireasa Dative uireasa

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an uireasa Genitive na huireasa Dative leis an uireasa don uireasa

Derived terms

• uireasa cuimhne (“forgetfullness”)
• uireasach (“lacking, wanting; deficient, defective”)

Related terms

• easpa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uireasa	n-uireasa	huireasa	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uireasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uireasbaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airesbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language