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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish athchomsán.
Pronunciation
Noun
achasán m (genitive singular achasáin, nominative plural achasáin)
- reproach, insult
Ceapaim gur thug sé achasán dom.- I think that he reproached me.
- (literally, “I think that he gave me a reproach”)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| achasán
|
n-achasán
|
hachasán
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t-achasán
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “achasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “athchomsán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “achasán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “achasán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024