adhastar
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
adhastar m (genitive singular adhastair, nominative plural adhastair)
- halter
- Níl ann ach each gan adhastar. ― He is wayward. (literally, “He is a horse without a halter.”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of adhastar
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- adhastar traenála m (“lunge line”)
- adhastrach (“halter-like; trailing, rambling; tattered; dilatory”, adjective)
- ar adhastar (“haltered, led”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
adhastar | n-adhastar | hadhastar | t-adhastar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhastar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “adhastar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024