trasnán
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish tarstnán (“small beam, rafter”). Equivalent to trasna + -án.
Noun
trasnán m (genitive singular trasnáin, nominative plural trasnáin)
- crosspiece, crossbar
- (architecture) transom
- (geometry) diagonal
- cross-rope (thatching)
- (dated, typography) serif
- Synonym: seiríf
Declension
Declension of trasnán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- fiarthrasnán (“diagonal”)
- fuinneog thrasnáin (“transom window”)
- trasnánach (“diagonal”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
trasnán | thrasnán | dtrasnán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "trasnán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “tarstnán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language