anspás

Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ spás

Noun

anspás m (genitive singular anspáis)

1. (the act of) gorging oneself, devouring food

   Synonym: craos

   Rinne sé anspás ar an mairteoil rosta.

   He gorged himself on the roast beef.

Declension

Declension of anspás

First declension

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

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-anspás Genitive an anspáis Dative leis an anspás don anspás

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “anspás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN