diúracas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • diubhracas (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From diúraic (“to shoot, project”) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʲuːɾˠəkəsˠ/

Noun

diúracas m (genitive singular diúracais)

  1. pins and needles
    Synonym: codladh grifín

Declension
Declension of diúracas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative diúracas
Vocative a dhiúracais
Genitive diúracais
Dative diúracas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an diúracas
Genitive an diúracais
Dative leis an diúracas

don diúracas

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
diúracas dhiúracas ndiúracas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “diuḃracas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society

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