iasacht

See also: íasacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish íasacht m (“loan”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈiəsˠəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈiəsˠa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

iasacht f or m (genitive singular iasachta, nominative plural iasachtaí)

1. loan
   1. lending, borrowing
   2. thing lent or borrowed
2. (linguistics) loanword

Declension

Declension of iasacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative iasacht iasachtaí vocative a iasacht a iasachtaí genitive iasachta iasachtaí dative iasacht iasachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an iasacht na hiasachtaí genitive na hiasachta na n-iasachtaí dative leis an iasacht don iasacht leis na hiasachtaí

Synonyms

• (loan): airleacan
• (loanword): focal iasachta

Derived terms

• iasachtach (“strange, foreign”)
• iasachtaí m (“borrower”)
• iasachtóir m (“lender”)
• ón iasacht (“from outside, from abroad”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of iasacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
iasacht	n-iasacht	hiasacht	t-iasacht

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “iasacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN