foiléasán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foilésán m (“asp”).

Noun

foiléasán m (genitive singular foiléasáin, nominative plural foiléasáin)

1. (literary) asp

   Synonym: asp

Declension

Declension of foiléasán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foiléasán foiléasáin Vocative a fhoiléasáin a fhoiléasána Genitive foiléasáin foiléasán Dative foiléasán foiléasáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foiléasán na foiléasáin Genitive an fhoiléasáin na bhfoiléasán Dative leis an bhfoiléasán don fhoiléasán leis na foiléasáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foiléasán	fhoiléasán	bhfoiléasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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