# nasc
## Irish
### Etymology 1

From Old Irish nascaid (“binds, makes fast”, verb).

#### Verb

nasc (present analytic nascann, future analytic nascfaidh, verbal noun nascadh, past participle nasctha) (transitive, intransitive)
* tie, bind; link, chain, tether, connect
* (electronics) connect
* (Internet) link
* (sailing) seize

##### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | nascaim | nascann tú; nascair$^†$ | nascann sé, sí | nascaimid | nascann sibh | nascann siad; nascaid$^†$ | a nascann; a nascas | nasctar |
| indicative | past | nasc mé; nascas | nasc tú; nascais | nasc sé, sí | nascamar; nasc muid | nasc sibh; nascabhair | nasc siad; nascadar | a nasc / ar nasc* | nascadh |
| indicative | past habitual | nascainn | nasctá | nascadh sé, sí | nascaimis; nascadh muid | nascadh sibh | nascaidís; nascadh siad | a nascadh / a nascadh* | nasctaí |
| future | future | nascfaidh mé; nascfad | nascfaidh tú; nascfair$^†$ | nascfaidh sé, sí | nascfaimid; nascfaidh muid | nascfaidh sibh | nascfaidh siad; nascfaid$^†$ | a nascfaidh; a nascfas | nascfar |
| conditional | conditional | nascfainn | nascfá | nascfadh sé, sí | nascfaimis; nascfadh muid | nascfadh sibh | nascfaidís; nascfadh siad | a nascfadh / a nascfadh* | nascfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go nasca mé; go nascad$^†$ | go nasca tú; go nascair$^†$ | go nasca sé, sí | go nascaimid; go nasca muid | go nasca sibh | go nasca siad; go nascaid$^†$ | — | go nasctar |
| subjunctive | past | dá nascainn | dá nasctá | dá nascadh sé, sí | dá nascaimis; dá nascadh muid | dá nascadh sibh | dá nascaidís; dá nascadh siad | — | dá nasctaí |
| imperative | imperative | nascaim | nasc | nascadh sé, sí | nascaimis | nascaigí; nascaidh$^†$ | nascaidís | — | nasctar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh | nascadh |
| past participle | past participle | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha | nasctha |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

##### Derived terms

* athnasc (“reclasp”, transitive verb)
* cónasc (“connection, conjunction”, verb)
* hipearnasc (“hyperlink”, verb)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish nasc (“fastening, tie, spancel, ring; legal term, bond, obligation”).

#### Noun

nasc m (genitive singular naisc, nominative plural naisc)
* tie, tether
* clasp, bond
* (chemistry, physics) bond
* (chemistry) linkage
* (electronics) connection
* (music) bind, tie
* (Internet) link (hyperlink)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
nasc
naisc
vocative
a naisc
a nasca
genitive
naisc
nasc
dative
nasc
naisc
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an nasc
na naisc
genitive
an naisc
na nasc
dative
leis an nasc don nasc
leis na naisc :

##### Derived terms

* ballnasc m (“ligament”)
* hipearnasc m (“hypernlink”)
* íosnasc m (“downlink”)

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “nasc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “naiscid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 nasc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Romanian
### Verb

nasc
* inflection of naște:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person plural present indicative