# lasc
## Irish
### Etymology

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### Noun

lasc f (genitive singular laisce, nominative plural lasca)
* lash; whip
** 2010, Louis de Paor, Máistir Dána / Past Master, in agus rud eile de / and another thing, pages 17 (Irish) and 16 (English):
    Nuair a tharraing sé lasc gan choinne leis ar a dheasc tháinig allas amach tré bhoinn ár gcos,When he drew a lash of the baton on the desk without warning we could feel the sweat on the soles of our feet,
* switch
* (Gaelic football) punt

#### Declension

Second declension

#### Derived terms

* lasc-chlár (“switchboard”)

### Verb

lasc (present analytic lascann, future analytic lascfaidh, verbal noun lascadh, past participle lasctha)
* lash, whip
* kick, strike
** Máire Mhac an tSaoi, An Crann (The Tree), reprinted with an English translation in Declan Kiberd's Inventing Ireland, page 603:
    Thit an tóin as mo bholg
    is faoi mar a gheobhainn lascadh cic
    nó leacadar sna baotháin
    íon taom anbhainne isteach orm
    a dhein chomh lag san mé
    gurb ar éigin a bhí ardú na méire ionam
    as san go ceann trí lá.
    Paul Muldoon's version is as unbuttoned as the original:
    The bottom falling out of my belly
    as if I had got a kick[ing] up the arse
    or a punch in the kidneys.
    A fainting-fit coming over me
    that took the legs from under me
    and left me so zonked
    I could barely lift a finger
    till Wednesday.
* dash
* (with ann/as) switch (on/off)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | lascaim | lascann tú; lascair$^†$ | lascann sé, sí | lascaimid | lascann sibh | lascann siad; lascaid$^†$ | a lascann; a lascas | lasctar |
| indicative | past | lasc mé; lascas | lasc tú; lascais | lasc sé, sí | lascamar; lasc muid | lasc sibh; lascabhair | lasc siad; lascadar | a lasc / ar lasc* | lascadh |
| indicative | past habitual | lascainn | lasctá | lascadh sé, sí | lascaimis; lascadh muid | lascadh sibh | lascaidís; lascadh siad | a lascadh / a lascadh* | lasctaí |
| future | future | lascfaidh mé; lascfad | lascfaidh tú; lascfair$^†$ | lascfaidh sé, sí | lascfaimid; lascfaidh muid | lascfaidh sibh | lascfaidh siad; lascfaid$^†$ | a lascfaidh; a lascfas | lascfar |
| conditional | conditional | lascfainn | lascfá | lascfadh sé, sí | lascfaimis; lascfadh muid | lascfadh sibh | lascfaidís; lascfadh siad | a lascfadh / a lascfadh* | lascfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go lasca mé; go lascad$^†$ | go lasca tú; go lascair$^†$ | go lasca sé, sí | go lascaimid; go lasca muid | go lasca sibh | go lasca siad; go lascaid$^†$ | — | go lasctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá lascainn | dá lasctá | dá lascadh sé, sí | dá lascaimis; dá lascadh muid | dá lascadh sibh | dá lascaidís; dá lascadh siad | — | dá lasctaí |
| imperative | imperative | lascaim | lasc | lascadh sé, sí | lascaimis | lascaigí; lascaidh$^†$ | lascaidís | — | lasctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh | lascadh |
| past participle | past participle | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha | lasctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form