furasta

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa (“at ease”). Akin to fusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠʊɾˠəsˠt̪ˠə/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɾˠʊsˠt̪ˠə/ (as if spelled frusta)

Adjective

furasta (comparative fusa)

  1. easy

Declension

Declension of furasta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative furasta fhurasta furasta;
fhurasta²
Vocative fhurasta furasta
Genitive furasta furasta furasta
Dative furasta;
fhurasta¹ 		fhurasta furasta;
fhurasta²
Comparative níos fusa
Superlative is fusa

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
furasta fhurasta bhfurasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “furasta”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airassa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish urusa.

Pronunciation

Adjective

furasta (comparative fhasa, qualitative noun fasaid or fasad)

  1. easy

Synonyms

Antonyms

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