díomasach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • diomasach, diomsach, díomsach, diumasach[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish díummusach.[2] By surface analysis, díomas +‎ -ach.

Adjective

díomasach (genitive singular masculine díomasaigh, genitive singular feminine díomasaí, plural díomasacha, comparative díomasaí)

  1. arrogant, vain, proud

Declension

Declension of díomasach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative díomasach dhíomasach díomasacha;
dhíomasacha2
vocative dhíomasaigh díomasacha
genitive díomasaí díomasacha díomasach
dative díomasach;
dhíomasach1 		dhíomasach;
dhíomasaigh (archaic) 		díomasacha;
dhíomasacha2
Comparative níos díomasaí
Superlative is díomasaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • Díomasach (given name)
    • Ó Díomasaigh (surname)
      • → English: Dempsey

References

  1. ^ “díomasach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “díomasach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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