diamhaslach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]diamhaslach (genitive singular masculine diamhaslaigh, genitive singular feminine diamhaslaí, plural diamhaslacha, comparative diamhaslaí)
- blasphemous
- profane (treating sacred matters with contempt)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | diamhaslach | dhiamhaslach | diamhaslacha; dhiamhaslacha2 | |
| vocative | dhiamhaslaigh | diamhaslacha | ||
| genitive | diamhaslaí | diamhaslacha | diamhaslach | |
| dative | diamhaslach; dhiamhaslach1 |
dhiamhaslach; dhiamhaslaigh (archaic) |
diamhaslacha; dhiamhaslacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos diamhaslaí | |||
| Superlative | is diamhaslaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Synonyms
[edit]- (blasphemous): blaisféimeach
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| diamhaslach | dhiamhaslach | ndiamhaslach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “diamhaslach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “dia-ṁaslaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 239
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diamhaslach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN