lasc
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
lasc f (genitive singular laisce, nominative plural lasca)
- lash; whip
- 2010, Louis de Paor, Máistir Dána / Past Master, in agus rud eile de / and another thing, pages 17 (Irish) and 16 (English):
- Nuair a tharraing sé lasc
gan choinne leis ar a dheasc
tháinig allas amach tré bhoinn ár gcos,- When he drew a lash of the baton
on the desk without warning
we could feel the sweat on the soles of our feet,
- When he drew a lash of the baton
- 2010, Louis de Paor, Máistir Dána / Past Master, in agus rud eile de / and another thing, pages 17 (Irish) and 16 (English):
- switch
- (Gaelic football) punt
Declension
Declension of lasc
Derived terms
- lasc-chlár (“switchboard”)
Verb
lasc (present analytic lascann, future analytic lascfaidh, verbal noun lascadh, past participle lasctha)
- lash, whip
- kick, strike
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi, An Crann (The Tree), reprinted with an English translation in Declan Kiberd's Inventing Ireland, page 603:
- Thit an tóin as mo bholg
- is faoi mar a gheobhainn lascadh cic
- nó leacadar sna baotháin
- íon taom anbhainne isteach orm
- a dhein chomh lag san mé
- gurb ar éigin a bhí ardú na méire ionam
- as san go ceann trí lá.
- […]
- Paul Muldoon's version is as unbuttoned as the original:
- […]
- The bottom falling out of my belly
- as if I had got a kick[ing] up the arse
- or a punch in the kidneys.
- A fainting-fit coming over me
- that took the legs from under me
- and left me so zonked
- I could barely lift a finger
- till Wednesday.
- Máire Mhac an tSaoi, An Crann (The Tree), reprinted with an English translation in Declan Kiberd's Inventing Ireland, page 603:
- dash
- (with ann/as) switch (on/off)
Conjugation
conjugation of lasc (first conjugation – A)
singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | lascaim | lascann tú; lascair† |
lascann sé, sí | lascaimid | lascann sibh | lascann siad; lascaid† |
a lascann; a lascas | lasctar |
past | lasc mé; lascas | lasc tú; lascais | lasc sé, sí | lascamar; lasc muid | lasc sibh; lascabhair | lasc siad; lascadar | a lasc / ar lasc* |
lascadh | |
past habitual | lascainn | lasctá | lascadh sé, sí | lascaimis; lascadh muid | lascadh sibh | lascaidís; lascadh siad | a lascadh / a lascadh* |
lasctaí | |
future | lascfaidh mé; lascfad |
lascfaidh tú; lascfair† |
lascfaidh sé, sí | lascfaimid; lascfaidh muid |
lascfaidh sibh | lascfaidh siad; lascfaid† |
a lascfaidh; a lascfas | lascfar | |
conditional | lascfainn | lascfá | lascfadh sé, sí | lascfaimis; lascfadh muid | lascfadh sibh | lascfaidís; lascfadh siad | a lascfadh / a lascfadh* |
lascfaí | |
subjunctive | present | go lasca mé; go lascad† |
go lasca tú; go lascair† |
go lasca sé, sí | go lascaimid; go lasca muid |
go lasca sibh | go lasca siad; go lascaid† |
— | go lasctar |
past | dá lascainn | dá lasctá | dá lascadh sé, sí | dá lascaimis; dá lascadh muid |
dá lascadh sibh | dá lascaidís; dá lascadh siad |
— | dá lasctaí | |
imperative | lascaim | lasc | lascadh sé, sí | lascaimis | lascaigí; lascaidh† |
lascaidís | — | lasctar | |
verbal noun | lascadh | ||||||||
past participle | lasctha |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
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