anspás

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Irish

Etymology

From an- +‎ spás

Noun

anspás m (genitive singular anspáis)

  1. (the act of) gorging oneself, devouring food
    Synonym: craos
    Rinne sé anspás ar an mairteoil rosta.
    He gorged himself on the roast beef.

Declension

Declension of anspás (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative anspás
vocative a anspáis
genitive anspáis
dative anspás
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-anspás
genitive an anspáis
dative leis an anspás
don anspás

Mutation

Mutated forms of anspás
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
anspás n-anspás hanspás t-anspás

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

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