blaisféim

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía, profanity), from βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, to slander).

Noun

blaisféim f (genitive singular blaisféime)

  1. blasphemy

Declension

Declension of blaisféim (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative blaisféim
vocative a bhlaisféim
genitive blaisféime
dative blaisféim
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhlaisféim
genitive na blaisféime
dative leis an mblaisféim
don bhlaisféim

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • blaisféimeach (blasphemous, adjective)
  • blaisféimeoir m (blasphemer)

Verb

blaisféim (present analytic blaisféimeann, future analytic blaisféimfidh, verbal noun blaisféimeadh, past participle blaisféimthe)

  1. (rare) blaspheme

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of blaisféim
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.

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