inseachas

Irish

Etymology

From inse (“water-meadow”) +‎ -achas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn̠ʲʃaxəsˠ/

Noun

inseachas m (genitive singular inseachais)

1. sheltered place in the mountains for cattle

Declension

Declension of inseachas

First declension

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

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

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “ínseaċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “inseachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN