gnás

See also: Gnas, GNAs, and Gnaś

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡn̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠɑːsˠ/, /ɡnˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɾˠæːsˠ/

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

• gnásúil

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

• gnásach
• gnásachán

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gnás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gnás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gnás”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gnás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language