domlas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • domlasc m

Etymology

From Old Irish domblas, from do- + mlas.

Noun

domlas m (genitive singular domlais)

  1. gall, bile
    1. gall bladder and contents
    2. (of taste) bitterness; (of temperament) rancour; bitter substance; obnoxious thing
  2. bitter, rancorous, person

Declension
Declension of domlas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative domlas
Vocative a dhomlais
Genitive domlais
Dative domlas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an domlas
Genitive an domlais
Dative leis an domlas

don domlas

Derived terms
  • domlasta (“bilious; bitter, rancorous; obnoxious”, adjective)

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

References
  • "domlas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “domblas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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