blaisféim

Irish

Alternative forms

• blaisbhéim (obsolete)
• blaisfémia (obsolete)
• blaisphéim

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).

Noun

blaisféim f (genitive singular blaisféime)

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of blaisféim (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative blaisféim vocative a bhlaisféim genitive blaisféime dative blaisféim forms with the definite article case singular nominative an bhlaisféim genitive na blaisféime dative leis an mblaisféim don bhlaisféim

Synonyms

• dia-aithis
• diamhasla
• naomhaithis

Derived terms

• blaisféimeach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
• blaisféimeoir m (“blasphemer”)

Verb

blaisféim (present analytic blaisféimeann, future analytic blaisféimfidh, verbal noun blaisféimeadh, past participle blaisféimthe)

1. (rare) blaspheme

Synonyms

• diamhaslaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of blaisféim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
blaisféim	bhlaisféim	mblaisféim

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) “blaisféim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blaisphéim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language