osna

See also: ósna

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish osnad, from uss- + anad (“staying”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔsˠn̪ˠə/[3][4]

Noun

osna f (genitive singular osna, nominative plural osnaí)

  1. sigh

Declension
Declension of osna

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative osna osnaí
Vocative a osna a osnaí
Genitive osna osnaí
Dative osna osnaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an osna na hosnaí
Genitive na hosna na n-osnaí
Dative leis an osna

don osna

 leis na hosnaí

Derived terms
  • osnaigh
  • osnaíoch

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
osna n-osna hosna not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “osna”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “osnad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 51

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish osnad, from uss- + anad (“staying”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs̪n̪ˠə/

Noun

osna f (genitive singular osna, plural osnaidhean)

  1. sigh
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