blas

See also: Blas, BLAS, Bläs, B.L.A.S., blås, bläs, and Błaś

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish blas, from Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos. Cognate with Breton, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh blas, and Manx blass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blæːz]

Noun

blas m (plural blasow)

  1. taste, flavour
    Synonyms: sawer, sawren, tast
  2. smell, odour, stench
    Synonyms: fler, sawer, sawren

Derived terms

  • anvlasus (“tasteless”)
  • blasa (“taste, smell”, verb)

Verb

blas

  1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of blasa
  2. second-person singular imperative of blasa

Mutation

Mutation of blas
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
blas vlas unchanged plas flas vlas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [blaːs]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

blas

  1. singular imperative of blasen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of blasen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas,[1] from Proto-Celtic *mlastos,[2] ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, nominative plural blasanna)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. (linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
  3. (as a negative polarity item) nothing, anything
    Ní bhfuair mé blas.
    I didn’t get anything.

Declension

Declension of blas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative blas blasanna
vocative a bhlais a bhlasanna
genitive blais blasanna
dative blas blasanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an blas na blasanna
genitive an bhlais na mblasanna
dative leis an mblas
don bhlas 		leis na blasanna

Derived terms

  • blais (“taste”, verb)
  • blaiseadh (“tasting”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blas
radical lenition eclipsis
blas bhlas mblas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 215, page 81

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Noun

blas m

  1. flavour
  2. savour
  3. taste

Synonyms

  • blasacht

Descendants

  • Irish: blas
  • Manx: blass
  • Scottish Gaelic: blas

Mutation

Mutation of blas
radical lenition nasalization
blas blas
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ 		mblas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch blazen.

Verb

blas

  1. to blow

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pl̪ˠas̪/

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, plural blasan)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. accent

Mutation

Mutation of blas
radical lenition
blas bhlas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “blas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

blas m pl

  1. plural of bla

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh blas, from Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Cornish blas, Breton blaz, Irish blas; outside of Celtic, compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blaːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

blas m (plural blasau)

  1. taste, flavour
    Synonym: chwaeth
  2. (physiology) sense of taste
    Synonyms: sawr, archwaeth

Derived terms

  • blasu (“to taste”)
  • blasus (“tasty”)
  • cyflas (“flavour”)
  • diflas (“tasteless, insipid”)
  • hyfrydflas (“savoury, savouriness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blas
radical soft nasal aspirate
blas flas mlas unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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