osán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

osán m (genitive singular osáin, nominative plural osáin)

  1. leg (of trousers)
  2. hose (stocking-like garment; connecting tube)

Declension

Declension of osán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative osán osáin
vocative a osáin a osána
genitive osáin osán
dative osán osáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-osán na hosáin
genitive an osáin na n-osán
dative leis an osán
don osán 		leis na hosáin

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of osán
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
osán n-osán hosán t-osán

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “osán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “hose”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “leg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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