casúr

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cassur, from Latin quassō. Cognate with Manx casoor and Scottish Gaelic casar, as well as French casseur.

Pronunciation

Noun

casúr m or f (genitive singular casúir or casúrach, nominative plural casúir)

  1. hammer

Declension

Declension of casúr (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative casúr casúir
vocative a chasúir a chasúra
genitive casúir casúr
dative casúr casúir
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an casúr na casúir
genitive an chasúir na gcasúr
dative leis an gcasúr
don chasúr 		leis na casúir

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of casúr
radical lenition eclipsis
casúr chasúr gcasúr

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

References

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