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)
Declension
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- blaisféimeach (“blasphemous”, adjective)
- blaisféimeoir m (“blasphemer”)
Verb
blaisféim (present analytic blaisféimeann, future analytic blaisféimfidh, verbal noun blaisféimeadh, past participle blaisféimthe)
- (rare) blaspheme
Synonyms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| blaisféim | bhlaisféim | mblaisféim |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blaisféim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blaisphéim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language