damhsa

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Irish

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from Middle English daunsen or directly from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

damhsa m (genitive singular damhsa, nominative plural damhsaí)

  1. dance
Declension
Declension of damhsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative damhsa damhsaí
vocative a dhamhsa a dhamhsaí
genitive damhsa damhsaí
dative damhsa damhsaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an damhsa na damhsaí
genitive an damhsa na ndamhsaí
dative leis an damhsa
don damhsa 		leis na damhsaí
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronoun

damhsa

  1. emphatic form of damh: alternative form of domsa

Mutation

Mutated forms of damhsa
radical lenition eclipsis
damhsa dhamhsa ndamhsa

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

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