gnás

See also: Gnas, GNAs, and Gnaś

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gnás (“intercourse; custom; frequency”), from gnáth (“customary; custom”).

Noun

gnás m (genitive singular gnáis, nominative plural gnásanna or gnása)

  1. (literary) intercourse, association; companionship, company
  2. (literary) cohabitation; frequentation
  3. (literary) habitation; haunt, resort; bed, lair, den
  4. custom, usage
Declension
Declension of gnás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gnás gnásanna
Vocative a ghnáis a ghnásanna
Genitive gnáis gnásanna
Dative gnás gnásanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gnás na gnásanna
Genitive an ghnáis na ngnásanna
Dative leis an ngnás

don ghnás

 leis na gnásanna

(in some phrases):

Declension of gnás

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gnás gnása
Vocative a ghnáis a ghnása
Genitive gnáis gnása
Dative gnás gnása

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gnás na gnása
Genitive an ghnáis na ngnása
Dative leis an ngnás

don ghnás

 leis na gnása
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

gnás f (genitive singular gnáise, nominative plural gnása)

  1. cleft, fissure
  2. (anatomy) harelip
Declension
Declension of gnás

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gnás gnása
Vocative a ghnás a ghnása
Genitive gnáise gnás
Dative gnás
gnáis (archaic, dialectal)		 gnása

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghnás na gnása
Genitive na gnáise na ngnás
Dative leis an ngnás
leis an ngnáis (archaic, dialectal)

don ghnás
don ghnáis (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na gnása
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

gnás f (genitive singular gnáise)

  1. repletion, loathing
Declension
Declension of gnás

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative gnás
Vocative a ghnás
Genitive gnáise
Dative gnás
gnáis (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghnás
Genitive na gnáise
Dative leis an ngnás
leis an ngnáis (archaic, dialectal)

don ghnás
don ghnáis (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gnás ghnás ngnás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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