blas

See also: Blas, B.L.A.S., blås, and Błaś

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [blæːz]

Noun

blas m

  1. taste

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [blaːs]
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

blas

  1. Imperative singular of blasen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of blasen.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, nominative plural blasanna)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. (linguistics) accent (distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.)
  3. (as a negative polarity item) nothing, anything
    Ní bhfuair mé blas. ― I didn’t get anything

Declension
Declension of blas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative blas blasanna
Vocative a bhlais a bhlasanna
Genitive blais blasanna
Dative blas blasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an blas na blasanna
Genitive an bhlais na mblasanna
Dative leis an mblas

don bhlas

 leis na blasanna
  • blais (“taste”, verb)
  • blaiseadh (“tasting”)
  • blasta (“tasty”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
blas bhlas mblas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "blas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
  • “blas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Noun

blas m

  1. flavour
  2. savour
  3. taste

Synonyms
  • blasacht

Descendants

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
blasblas
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		mblas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “blas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Noun

blas m (genitive singular blais, plural blasan)

  1. taste, flavour
  2. accent

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “blas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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