damhsa

Irish

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from Middle English daunsen or directly from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠəusˠə/
• (dated) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠə̃ũsˠə/

Noun

damhsa m (genitive singular damhsa, nominative plural damhsaí)

1. dance

Declension

Declension of damhsa (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative damhsa damhsaí vocative a dhamhsa a dhamhsaí genitive damhsa damhsaí dative damhsa damhsaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an damhsa na damhsaí genitive an damhsa na ndamhsaí dative leis an damhsa don damhsa leis na damhsaí

• Alternative plural form: damhsaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

• rince

Derived terms

• damhsaigh
• damhsóir
• gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• damh-sa (superseded)

Pronoun

damhsa

1. emphatic form of damh: alternative form of domsa

Mutation

Mutated forms of damhsa

radical	lenition	eclipsis
damhsa	dhamhsa	ndamhsa

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “damsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “daṁsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 223
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damhsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN