domlas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • diomlas, domlasc
  • diomblas, diomlus, domblas, domlus (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish domblas, from Old Irish do- (“bad”) + mlas (“flavor, taste”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠumˠəlˠəsˠ/[3] ~ /ˈd̪ˠomˠəlˠəsˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠumˠlˠəsˠ/[4]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌmˠlˠəsˠ/[5]

Noun

domlas m (genitive singular domlais)

  1. gall, bile
  2. bitterness (of taste)

Declension

Declension of domlas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative domlas
vocative a dhomlais
genitive domlais
dative domlas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an domlas
genitive an domlais
dative leis an domlas
don domlas

Derived terms

  • cloch dhomlais
  • domlasta
  • domlastacht
  • máilín domlais
  • mála an domlais
  • púróga domlais

Mutation

Mutated forms of domlas
radical lenition eclipsis
domlas dhomlas ndomlas

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

References

  1. ^ “domlas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “domblas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 303, page 102; reprinted 1988
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 262, page 48
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 445, page 143

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