ócáid

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Irish

Etymology

From Latin occāsiō, altered after other loanwords ending in -áid (e.g. oibleagáid, comparáid), which comes from Latin -ātiō.

Pronunciation

Noun

ócáid f (genitive singular ócáide, nominative plural ócáidí)

  1. occasion; particular time, special event
  2. particular happening, incident
  3. circumstance providing cause or excuse
  4. need arising from particular circumstance
  5. use, purpose

Declension

Declension of ócáid (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ócáid ócáidí
vocative a ócáid a ócáidí
genitive ócáide ócáidí
dative ócáid ócáidí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ócáid na hócáidí
genitive na hócáide na n-ócáidí
dative leis an ócáid
don ócáid 		leis na hócáidí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ócáid
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ócáid n-ócáid hócáid not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 15

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