cuasán

Irish

Etymology

From cuas +‎ -án.

Noun

cuasán m (genitive singular cuasáin, nominative plural cuasáin)

(anatomy) cavity (hollow area within the body)
(firearms) chamber (part of a firearm holding the round before firing)
small hollow (unfilled space in something solid; cavity)

Declension

Declension of cuasán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuasán	cuasáin
Vocative	a chuasáin	a chuasána
Genitive	cuasáin	cuasán
Dative	cuasán	cuasáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cuasán	na cuasáin
Genitive	an chuasáin	na gcuasán
Dative	leis an gcuasán don chuasán	leis na cuasáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuasán	chuasán	gcuasán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cúasán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cuasán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 206
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuasán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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