Cáisc

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cásc, from Late Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (pasḥā), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pesaḥ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cáisc f (genitive Cásca or Cásc, nominative plural Cáisceanna)

  1. Easter
  2. Passover
    Cad atáimid ag déanamh um Cháisc na bliana seo?
    What are we doing for Easter this year?

Declension

Declension of Cáisc (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Cáisc Cáisceanna
vocative a Cháisc a Cháisceanna
genitive Cásca Cáisceanna
dative Cáisc Cáisceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Cháisc na Cáisceanna
genitive na Cásca na gCáisceanna
dative leis an gCáisc
don Cháisc 		leis na Cáisceanna

Alternative genitive singular: Cásc

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cáisc
radical lenition eclipsis
Cáisc Cháisc gCáisc

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

References

  1. ^ Dillon, Myles, Donncha Ó Cróinín (1961) Teach Yourself Irish, Sevenoaks, England: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 218
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 150
  3. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 130, page 17
  4. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 239

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