uireasa

Irish

Alternative forms

uireasbhaidh (superseded)
uireaspa (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish airesbaid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪɾʲəsˠə/

Noun

uireasa f (genitive singular uireasa)

lack, want, absence, deficiency

Declension

Declension of uireasa

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	uireasa
Vocative	a uireasa
Genitive	uireasa
Dative	uireasa

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an uireasa
Genitive	na huireasa
Dative	leis an uireasa don uireasa

Derived terms

uireasa cuimhne (“forgetfullness”)
uireasach (“lacking, wanting; deficient, defective”)

Related terms

easpa

Mutation

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uireasa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “uireasbaiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “airesbaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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