éastras

éastras

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oestrus (“gadfly, sting, frenzy”), from Ancient Greek οἶστρος (oîstros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːsˠt̪ˠɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

éastras m (genitive singular éastrais)

1. oestrus, heat

Declension

Declension of éastras

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative éastras Vocative a éastrais Genitive éastrais Dative éastras

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-éastras Genitive an éastrais Dative leis an éastras don éastras

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
éastras	n-éastras	héastras	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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