gnás
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)
- (literary) intercourse, association; companionship, company
- (literary) cohabitation; frequentation
- (literary) habitation; haunt, resort; bed, lair, den
- custom, usage
Declension
Declension of gnás
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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(in some phrases):
Declension of gnás
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Declension
Declension of gnás
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Declension
Declension of gnás
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| 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
- 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
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