díomá

Irish

Alternative forms

• diombáidh, díombáidh (superseded)
• diombáigh (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish dimbág, from dí- (negative) + bág (“boast; fight; boldness”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲiːmˠˈvˠɑː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠa/

Noun

díomá f (genitive singular díomá)

1. disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)

   Bhí díomá uirthi.

   She was disappointed.

   Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.

   The performance disappointed me.

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:

     Nuair a imthigheadh sé ó’n gcuan do bhíodh uaigneas agus díombáidh an domhain uirthi, ach ní bhíodh a fhios aici cad é an fáth.

     When he would leave from the harbour, she would feel extremely lonely and disappointed, but she wouldn’t know why.

     (literally, “…the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her…”)

Declension

Declension of díomá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative díomá Vocative a dhíomá Genitive díomá Dative díomá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an díomá Genitive na díomá Dative leis an díomá don díomá

Derived terms

• díomách

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díomá	dhíomá	ndíomá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dimbág, dimbáig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díombáiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 243