gasra
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish gasrad.[2] By surface analysis, gas (“stripling; scion”) + -ra.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgasra m (genitive singular gasra, nominative plural gasraí)
- (literary) (band of) young warriors; band of (young) men, of soldiers
- group of people; branch of organization
- (military) section
Declension
editDeclension of gasra
Derived terms
edit- fo-ghasra (“small band of people”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gasra | ghasra | ngasra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ “gasra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gasrad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 228, page 116
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gasra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN