blasta

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See also: blåsta and blasta-

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

blasta

  1. savoury, tasty, delicious
  2. correct, telling, well-spoken (of speech)
  3. (figuratively) good (of work, music, speech, etc.)
  4. sweet, smooth-working (of implement, machine)
  5. tasteful, neat
Declension
Declension of blasta
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative blasta bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta2
vocative bhlasta blasta
genitive blasta blasta blasta
dative blasta;
bhlasta1 		bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta2
Comparative níos blasta
Superlative is blasta

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

Etymology 2

blais +‎ -ta (participial suffix)

Participle

blasta

  1. past participle of blais

Mutation

Mutated forms of blasta
radical lenition eclipsis
blasta bhlasta mblasta

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From blas (“taste, flavour”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blasta

  1. tasty
  2. appetizing
  3. sweet

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Irish: blasta
  • Manx: blasstal
  • Scottish Gaelic: blasta, blasda

Mutation

Mutation of blasta
radical lenition nasalization
blasta blasta
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/		 mblasta

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

Adjective

blasta

  1. delicious, savoury, tasty
  2. tasteful
  3. agreeable
  4. eloquent
  5. seasoned

Derived terms

  • ana-blasta (“insipid, tasteless; of bad taste”, adjective)
  • blastachd f (“sweetness, savouriness; tastefulness; agreeableness”)
  • blastag f (“sweet-mouthed female”)

Mutation

Mutation of blasta
radical lenition
blasta bhlasta

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

Further reading

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