# fásach
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈfˠɑːsˠəx/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈfˠæːsˠa(x)/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”). By surface analysis, fás +‎ -ach.

#### Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
* waste, desert
* uncultivated, uninhabited region
* empty, deserted place

##### Declension

First declension

##### Alternative forms

* ásach

#### Adjective

fásach (genitive singular masculine fásaigh, genitive singular feminine fásaí, plural fásacha, comparative fásaí)
* Alternative form of fás (“waste, vacant”)

##### Declension

| | Singular | Singular | Plural (m/f) | Plural (m/f) |
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fásach | fhásach | fásacha; fhásacha² | fásacha; fhásacha² |
| Vocative | fhásaigh | fhásach | fásacha | fásacha |
| Genitive | fhásaigh | fásaí | fásacha | fásach |
| Dative | fásach; fhásach¹ | fhásach; fhásaigh (archaic) | fásacha; fhásacha² | fásacha; fhásacha² |
| Comparative | níos fásaí | níos fásaí | níos fásaí | níos fásaí |
| Superlative | is fásaí | is fásaí | is fásaí | is fásaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. ² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Descendants

* → Yola: fasagh

### Etymology 2

From fás (“growth”) +‎ -ach

#### Noun

fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
* luxuriant growth

##### Declension

First declension

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 fásach (‘abundance, fertility’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “fásach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

fásach n
* uninhabited place, waste, wilderness

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fásach (‘waste, wilderness’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɸaː.səx/, [ˈɸaːsax]

### Noun

fásach n
* (law) precedent (a decision which has passed into a maxim)
* proverbial saying

#### Inflection

Neuter s-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | fásach$^N$ | fásach$^N$ | fásaige$^L$ |
| Vocative | fásach$^N$ | fásach$^N$ | fásaige$^L$ |
| Accusative | fásach$^N$ | fásach$^N$ | fásaige$^L$ |
| Genitive | fásaige$^L$ | fásaige | fásaige$^N$ |
| Dative | fásaig$^L$ | fásaigib | fásaigib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 fásach (‘legal precedent’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language