dia-aithis

Irish

Etymology

From dia (“god”) +‎ aithis (“slur, reproach; shame, disgrace”).

Noun

dia-aithis f (genitive singular dia-aithise)

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of dia-aithis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative dia-aithis vocative a dhia-aithis genitive dia-aithise dative dia-aithis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an dia-aithis genitive na dia-aithise dative leis an dia-aithis don dia-aithis

Synonyms

• blaisféim
• diamhasla
• naomhaithis

Mutation

Mutated forms of dia-aithis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dia-aithis	dhia-aithis	ndia-aithis

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) “dia-aithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN