adhastar

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

adhastar m (genitive singular adhastair, nominative plural adhastair)

1. halter

   Níl ann ach each gan adhastar. ― He is wayward. (literally, “He is a horse without a halter.”)

Declension

Declension of adhastar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative adhastar adhastair Vocative a adhastair a adhastara Genitive adhastair adhastar Dative adhastar adhastair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-adhastar na hadhastair Genitive an adhastair na n-adhastar Dative leis an adhastar don adhastar leis na hadhastair

Derived terms

• adhastar traenála m (“lunge line”)
• adhastrach (“halter-like; trailing, rambling; tattered; dilatory”, adjective)
• ar adhastar (“haltered, led”)

 

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhastar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “adhastar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “adhastar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.