osán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

osán m (genitive singular osáin, nominative plural osáin)

  1. leg (of trousers)
  2. hose (stocking-like garment; connecting tube)

Declension
Declension of osán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative osán osáin
Vocative a osáin a osána
Genitive osáin osán
Dative osán osáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-osán na hosáin
Genitive an osáin na n-osán
Dative leis an osán

don osán

 leis na hosáin

Derived terms
  • osán coscáin (“brake hose”)
  • osánach (“hose-like; breeches-like”)
  • osánacht (“hosiery”)

See also

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “osán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “hose”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “leg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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