diamhasla

Irish

Etymology

From dia (“god”) +‎ masla (“insult”).

Noun

diamhasla m (genitive singular diamhasla)

1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of diamhasla

Fourth declension

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

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

Synonyms

• blaisféim
• dia-aithis
• naomhaithis

Derived terms

• diamhaslach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
• diamhaslaigh (“blaspheme”, verb)
• diamhaslóir m (“blasphemer”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
diamhasla	dhiamhasla	ndiamhasla
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “diamhasla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN