asparagas

Irish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).

Noun

asparagas m (genitive singular asparagais)

  1. asparagus
    Synonyms: lus spreagtha, lus súch, lus súgach

Declension

Declension of asparagas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative asparagas
vocative a asparagais
genitive asparagais
dative asparagas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-asparagas
genitive an asparagais
dative leis an asparagas
don asparagas

Derived terms

  • barr gas asparagais (“asparagus tip”)
  • coróin asparagais (“asparagus crown”)
  • gas asparagais (“asparagus spear”)
  • raithneach asparagais (“asparagus fern”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of asparagas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
asparagas n-asparagas hasparagas t-asparagas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From a hoax created by two journalists from Hürriyet in 1963, featuring the word "azparagas" in the image.[1]

Noun

asparagas (definite accusative asparagası, plural asparagaslar)

  1. hoax, fake news

References

  1. ^ Arabacı, Ali Osman (17 October 2017) “Türkiye medyasında “asparagas“ kelimesinin ortaya çıkışı [The appearance of the word "asparagas" in Turkish media]”, in Teyit.org‎[1] (in Turkish)

Further reading

  • “asparagas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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