easparta

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish esparta, from Latin vespertīna (evening, adjective) hōra.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈasˠpˠəɾˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

easparta f (genitive singular easpartan, nominative plural easpartana)

  1. evensong, vespers

Declension

Declension of easparta (fifth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative easparta easpartana
vocative a easparta a easpartana
genitive easpartan easpartan
dative easparta
easpartain (archaic, dialectal)
easpartana
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an easparta na heaspartana
genitive na heaspartan na n-easpartan
dative leis an easparta
leis an easpartain (archaic, dialectal)
don easparta
don easpartain (archaic, dialectal)
leis na heaspartana

Mutation

Mutated forms of easparta
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
easparta n-easparta heasparta 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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “esparta, espart”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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