diamhasla

Irish

Etymology

From dia (“god”) +‎ masla (“insult”).

Noun

diamhasla m (genitive singular diamhasla)

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of diamhasla (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative diamhasla vocative a dhiamhasla genitive diamhasla dative diamhasla forms with the definite article case singular nominative an diamhasla genitive an diamhasla dative leis an diamhasla don diamhasla

Synonyms

• blaisféim
• dia-aithis
• naomhaithis

Derived terms

• diamhaslach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
• diamhaslaigh (“blaspheme”, verb)
• diamhaslóir m (“blasphemer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of diamhasla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
diamhasla	dhiamhasla	ndiamhasla

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