basa-
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Basque
Prefix
basa-
- Combining form of baso (“forest”)
Irish
Alternative forms
- basai- (before a slender consonant)
Etymology
From Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis, “foundation, base”).
Prefix
basa-
Derived terms
Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
basa- | bhasa- | mbasa- |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “basa(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN