diamhaslach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From diamhasla +‎ -ach.

Adjective

diamhaslach (genitive singular masculine diamhaslaigh, genitive singular feminine diamhaslaí, plural diamhaslacha, comparative diamhaslaí)

  1. blasphemous
  2. profane (treating sacred matters with contempt)

Declension

Declension of diamhaslach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative diamhaslach dhiamhaslach diamhaslacha;
dhiamhaslacha2
vocative dhiamhaslaigh diamhaslacha
genitive diamhaslaí diamhaslacha diamhaslach
dative diamhaslach;
dhiamhaslach1 		dhiamhaslach;
dhiamhaslaigh (archaic) 		diamhaslacha;
dhiamhaslacha2
Comparative níos diamhaslaí
Superlative is diamhaslaí

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of diamhaslach
radical lenition eclipsis
diamhaslach dhiamhaslach ndiamhaslach

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

References

  1. ^ “diamhaslach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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