mothasán

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Irish

Etymology

From mothas (“springing; state of being about to calve”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

mothasán m (genitive singular mothasáin, nominative plural mothasáin)

  1. springing cow, springer (cow or heifer close to calving)

Declension

Declension of mothasán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative mothasán mothasáin
vocative a mhothasáin a mhothasána
genitive mothasáin mothasán
dative mothasán mothasáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mothasán na mothasáin
genitive an mhothasáin na mothasán
dative leis an mothasán
don mhothasán 		leis na mothasáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of mothasán
radical lenition eclipsis
mothasán mhothasán 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. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 333, page 115

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