damhsa

Irish

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from Middle English daunsen or directly from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠəusˠə/
• (dated) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠə̃ũsˠə/

Noun

damhsa m (genitive singular damhsa, nominative plural damhsaí)

1. dance

Declension

Declension of damhsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative damhsa damhsaí Vocative a dhamhsa a dhamhsaí Genitive damhsa damhsaí Dative damhsa damhsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an damhsa na damhsaí Genitive an damhsa na ndamhsaí Dative leis an damhsa don damhsa leis na damhsaí

• Alternative plural form: damhsaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

• rince

Derived terms

• damhsaigh
• damhsóir
• gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• damh-sa (superseded)

Pronoun

damhsa

1. emphatic form of damh: alternative form of domsa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
damhsa	dhamhsa	ndamhsa
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), “damsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “daṁsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 223
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “damhsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN