casair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cassar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkasˠəɾʲ/

Noun

casair f (genitive singular casrach, nominative plural casracha)

  1. (literary) (shower of) hail

Declension
Declension of casair

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative casair casracha
Vocative a chasair a chasracha
Genitive casrach casracha
Dative casair
casraigh (archaic, dialectal)		 casracha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chasair na casracha
Genitive na casrach na gcasracha
Dative leis an gcasair
leis an gcasraigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chasair
don chasraigh (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na casracha

Derived terms
  • casair thine (“shower of sparks, flash of lightning”)

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

Further reading
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