achasán

Irish

From Middle Irish athchomsán.

achasán m (genitive singular achasáin, nominative plural achasáin)

reproach, insult
Ceapaim gur thug sé achasán dom.
I think that he reproached me.
(literally, “I think that he gave me a reproach”)

Declension of achasán

First declension

Bare forms:

achasánach (“reproachful”, adjective)
achasánaí m (“reproacher, reviler”)
is maith an té atá ag tabhairt achasáin uaidh (“the pot calling the kettle black”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
achasán	n-achasán	hachasán	t-achasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “achasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “athchomsán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “achasán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “achasán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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