diamhaslach
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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]Declension of diamhaslach
| 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]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| diamhaslach | dhiamhaslach | ndiamhaslach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
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