casúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• casabhar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cassur, from Latin quassō. Cognate with Manx casoor and Scottish Gaelic casar, as well as French casseur.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈsˠuːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠuːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkasˠuɾˠ/

Noun

casúr m or f (genitive singular casúir or casúrach, nominative plural casúir)

1. hammer

Declension

Declension of casúr

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative casúr casúir Vocative a chasúir a chasúra Genitive casúir casúr Dative casúr casúir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an casúr na casúir Genitive an chasúir na gcasúr Dative leis an gcasúr don chasúr leis na casúir

Derived terms

• casúirín m (“malleus”)
• casúireacht f (“(act of) hammering”)
• casúr cluasach m (“claw-hammer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casúr	chasúr	gcasúr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “casúr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “casúr”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 121
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “casúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN