diamhaslach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdjective
editdiamhaslach (genitive singular masculine diamhaslaigh, genitive singular feminine diamhaslaí, plural diamhaslacha, comparative diamhaslaí)
- blasphemous
- profane (treating sacred matters with contempt)
Declension
editDeclension of diamhaslach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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