blaisféim

Irish

Alternative forms

• blaisbhéim (obsolete)
• blaisfémia (obsolete)
• blaisphéim

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, “profanity”), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).

Noun

blaisféim f (genitive singular blaisféime)

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of blaisféim

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative blaisféim Vocative a bhlaisféim Genitive blaisféime Dative blaisféim

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhlaisféim Genitive na blaisféime Dative leis an mblaisféim don bhlaisféim

Synonyms

• dia-aithis
• diamhasla
• naomhaithis

Derived terms

• blaisféimeach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
• blaisféimeoir m (“blasphemer”)

Verb

blaisféim (present analytic blaisféimeann, future analytic blaisféimfidh, verbal noun blaisféimeadh, past participle blaisféimthe)

1. (rare) blaspheme

Synonyms

• diamhaslaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blaisféim	bhlaisféim	mblaisféim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaisféim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blaisphéim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language