dea-bholadh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • deaghbholadh, deagh-bholadh, deaghbholudh, deagh-bholudh, deágh-bholadh, deigh-bholadh, deughbholadh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish degbolad. By surface analysis, dea- +‎ boladh.

Pronunciation

Noun

dea-bholadh m (genitive singular dea-bholaidh, nominative plural dea-bholaithe)

  1. good smell, aroma

Declension

Declension of dea-bholadh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dea-bholadh dea-bholaithe
vocative a dhea-bholaidh a dhea-bholaithe
genitive dea-bholaidh dea-bholaithe
dative dea-bholadh dea-bholaithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dea-bholadh na dea-bholaithe
genitive an dea-bholaidh na ndea-bholaithe
dative leis an dea-bholadh
don dea-bholadh 		leis na dea-bholaithe

References

  1. ^ “dea-bholadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 93, page 37

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “deaġ-ḃolaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dea-bholadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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