fhasa

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• asa, fasa, fusa, fusadh

Etymology

From archaic asa, from Old Irish ussa. The initial f- of Scottish Gaelic comes from a misinterpretation of asa as fhasa in lenition environments. Compare Irish fusa.

Adjective

fhasa

1. comparative degree of furasta

   A bheil sin nas fhasa? ― Is it easier?

   (Is e) seo an dòigh as fhasa. ― This is the easiest way.

   Cha robh e na b' fhasa idir. ― It wasn't easier at all.

Mutation

Mutation of fasa

radical	lenition
fasa	fhasa

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 usa, ussa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language