Irish

Noun

fásach m ‎(genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

1. waste, desert
2. uncultivated, uninhabited region
3. empty, deserted place

Alternative forms

• ásach

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fásach ‎(“abundance, fertility”), from fás ‎(“growing, growth”).

Noun

fásach m ‎(genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)

1. luxuriant growth

Declension

Mutation

References

• "fásach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːsax/

Etymology 1

Noun

fásach n

1. (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
2. proverbial saying

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

fás ‎(“empty, deserted, uninhabited”) +‎ -ach

Noun

fásach n

1. uninhabited place, waste, wilderness

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

References

• “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.