blas

See also: Blas, BLAS, Bläs, B.L.A.S., blås, bläs, and Błaś

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blæːz]

Noun

blas m (plural blasow)

1. taste

Related terms

• blasa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blaːs]

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• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

blas

1. singular imperative of blasen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of blasen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠɑsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠlɑsˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠasˠ/, /bˠl̪ˠasˠ/

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, nominative plural blasanna)

1. taste, flavour
2. (linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
3. (as a negative polarity item) nothing, anything

   Ní bhfuair mé blas.

   I didn’t get anything.

Declension

Declension of blas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative blas blasanna vocative a bhlais a bhlasanna genitive blais blasanna dative blas blasanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an blas na blasanna genitive an bhlais na mblasanna dative leis an mblas don bhlas leis na blasanna

Related terms

• blais (“taste”, verb)
• blaiseadh (“tasting”)
• blasta (“tasty”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
blas	bhlas	mblas

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) “blas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Noun

blas m

1. flavour
2. savour
3. taste

Synonyms

• blasacht

Descendants

• Irish: blas
• Manx: blass
• Scottish Gaelic: blas

Mutation

Mutation of blas

radical	lenition	nasalization
blas	blas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mblas

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

References

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch blazen.

Verb

blas

1. to blow

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl̪ˠas̪/

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, plural blasan)

1. taste, flavour
2. accent

Related terms

• blais
• blasad
• blasta

 

Mutation

Mutation of blas

radical	lenition
blas	bhlas

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “blas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

blas m pl

1. plural of bla

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh blas, from Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Cornish blas, Breton blaz, Irish blas; outside of Celtic, compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

blas m (plural blasau)

1. taste, flavour

   Synonym: chwaeth

2. (physiology) sense of taste

   Synonyms: sawr, archwaeth

Derived terms

• blasu (“to taste”)
• blasus (“tasty”)
• cyflas (“flavour”)
• diflas (“tasteless, insipid”)
• hyfrydflas (“savoury, savouriness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blas	flas	mlas	unchanged

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