osán

Irish

Alternative forms

• asán

Etymology

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Noun

osán m (genitive singular osáin, nominative plural osáin)

1. leg (of trousers)
2. hose (stocking-like garment; connecting tube)

Declension

Declension of osán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative osán osáin Vocative a osáin a osána Genitive osáin osán Dative osán osáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-osán na hosáin Genitive an osáin na n-osán Dative leis an osán don osán leis na hosáin

Derived terms

• osán coscáin (“brake hose”)
• osánach (“hose-like; breeches-like”)
• osánacht (“hosiery”)

 

See also

• riteoga

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “osán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “hose”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “leg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024