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blasta

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See also: blåsta and blasta-

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

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blasta

  1. savoury, tasty, delicious
  2. correct, telling, well-spoken (of speech)
  3. (figuratively) good (of work, music, speech, etc.)
  4. sweet, smooth-working (of implement, machine)
  5. tasteful, neat
Declension
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Declension of blasta
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative blasta bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta2
vocative bhlasta blasta
genitive blasta blasta blasta
dative blasta;
bhlasta1
bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta2
Comparative níos blasta
Superlative is blasta

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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blais +‎ -ta (participial suffix)

Participle

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blasta

  1. past participle of blais

Mutation

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Mutated forms of blasta
radical lenition eclipsis
blasta bhlasta mblasta

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

Further reading

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Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From blas (taste, flavour) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blasta

  1. tasty
  2. appetizing
  3. sweet

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: blasta
  • Manx: blasstal
  • Scottish Gaelic: blasta, blasda

Mutation

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Mutation of blasta
radical lenition nasalization
blasta blasta
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mblasta

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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blasta

  1. delicious, savoury, tasty
  2. tasteful
  3. agreeable
  4. eloquent
  5. seasoned

Derived terms

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  • ana-blasta (insipid, tasteless; of bad taste, adjective)
  • blastachd f (sweetness, savouriness; tastefulness; agreeableness)
  • blastag f (sweet-mouthed female)

Mutation

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Mutation of blasta
radical lenition
blasta bhlasta

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

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “blasta”, 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), “blasta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language