gnás
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːsˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠɑːsˠ/, /ɡnˠɑːsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡɾˠæːsˠ/
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish gnás (“intercourse; custom; frequency”), from gnáth (“customary; custom”).
Noun edit
gnás m (genitive singular gnáis, nominative plural gnásanna or gnása)
- (literary) intercourse, association; companionship, company
- (literary) cohabitation; frequentation
- (literary) habitation; haunt, resort; bed, lair, den
- custom, usage
Declension edit
Declension of gnás
(in some phrases):
Declension of gnás
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
gnás f (genitive singular gnáise, nominative plural gnása)
Declension edit
Declension of gnás
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
gnás f (genitive singular gnáise)
Declension edit
Declension of gnás
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gnás | ghnás | ngnás |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gnás” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gnás” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gnás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language