díomá

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish dimbág, from dí- (negative) + bág (“boast; fight; boldness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

díomá f (genitive singular díomá)

  1. disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)
    Bhí díomá uirthi.
    She was disappointed.
    Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.
    The performance disappointed me.
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
      Nuair a imthigheadh sé ó’n gcuan do bhíodh uaigneas agus díombáidh an domhain uirthi, ach ní bhíodh a fhios aici cad é an fáth.
      When he would leave from the harbour, she would feel extremely lonely and disappointed, but she wouldn’t know why.
      (literally, “…the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her…”)

Declension

Declension of díomá (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative díomá
vocative a dhíomá
genitive díomá
dative díomá
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an díomá
genitive na díomá
dative leis an díomá
don díomá

Derived terms

  • díomách

Mutation

Mutated forms of díomá
radical lenition eclipsis
díomá dhíomá ndíomá

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 188

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