lionsa

lionsa

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English lens.

Noun

lionsa m (genitive singular lionsa, nominative plural lionsaí)

1. lens

Declension

Declension of lionsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative lionsa lionsaí Vocative a lionsa a lionsaí Genitive lionsa lionsaí Dative lionsa lionsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an lionsa na lionsaí Genitive an lionsa na lionsaí Dative leis an lionsa don lionsa leis na lionsaí

Derived terms

• córas lionsaí m (“combination of lenses”)
• lionsach (“lensed, having lenses; lenticular”)
• lionsachán m (“lenticel”)
• lionsa comhchruinnithe m (“condenser lens”)
• lionsa dúbailte m (“doublet lens”)
• lionsaí tadhaill m pl (“contact lenses”)
• lionsa méadaithe m (“magnifying lens”)
• lionsa réimse m (“field lens”)
• réadlionsa m (“object lens”)

 

References

• "lionsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.