fásach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fásach (uninhabited place, waste, wilderness), from fás (empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited).

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

  1. waste, desert
  2. uncultivated, uninhabited region
  3. empty, deserted place
Declension
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fásach (abundance, fertility), from fás (growing, growth).

Adjective

fásach (genitive singular masculine fásaigh, genitive singular feminine fásaí, plural fásacha, comparative fásaí)

  1. Alternative form of fás (waste, vacant, empty, void; wild, luxuriant)
Declension

Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

  1. luxuriant growth

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fásach fhásach bhfásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaːsax/

Etymology 1

Noun

fásach n

  1. (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
  2. proverbial saying
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

fás (empty, deserted, uninhabited) + -ach

Noun

fásach n

  1. uninhabited place, waste, wilderness
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fásach ḟásach fásach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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