furasta
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- furas, furasa, uraiste, uras
- fuirist, fuiriste (Munster)
- furast (Ulster)
- forusda, forusta, fuiris, fuirisde, furaist, furaiste, furaisde, furasda, furus, furusda, furust, furusta, furuisde, furuiste, uirisde, uiriste, urasa, urus, urusa (obsolete)[1]
Etymology edit
From Old Irish urusa (“at ease”).[2] Akin to fusa.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
furasta (comparative fusa)
Declension edit
Declension of furasta
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | furasta | fhurasta | furasta; fhurasta² | |
| Vocative | fhurasta | furasta | ||
| Genitive | furasta | furasta | furasta | |
| Dative | furasta; fhurasta¹ |
fhurasta | furasta; fhurasta² | |
| Comparative | níos fusa | |||
| Superlative | is fusa | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- anfhurasta (“difficult”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| furasta | fhurasta | bhfurasta |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ “furasta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airassa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “furasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “furasta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 341
- Entries containing “furasta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “furasta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
furasta (comparative fhasa, qualitative noun fasaid or fasad)