losna

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Irish

Etymology

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Noun

losna m (genitive singular losna, nominative plural losnaí)

  1. (fishing) snood
    Synonyms: drogha, foirtéim, lusna, snúda

Declension

Declension of losna (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative losna losnaí
vocative a losna a losnaí
genitive losna losnaí
dative losna losnaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an losna na losnaí
genitive an losna na losnaí
dative leis an losna
don losna
leis na losnaí

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse losna.

Pronunciation

Verb

losna (present tense losnar, past tense losna, past participle losna, passive infinitive losnast, present participle losnande, imperative losna/losn)

  1. (intransitive) to come loose, lose one's grip
    Seint på hausten losnar epla frå trea og dett ned på bakken.
    Late in the autumn, the apples come loose from the trees and fall on the ground.

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