díomá

Irish

Alternative forms

diombáidh (superseded)
díombáidh (superseded)
diombáigh (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish dimbág, from dí- (negative) + bág (“boast; fight; boldness”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲiːmˠˈvˠɑː/[1]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠæ/

Noun

díomá f (genitive singular díomá)

disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[2]:
  Nuair a imthigheadh sé ó’n gcuan do bhíodh uaigneas agus díombáidh an domhain uirthi, ach ní bhíodh a fhios aici cad é an fáth.
  When he would leave from the harbour, she would feel extremely lonely and disappointed [lit. the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her], but she wouldn’t know why.
Bhí díomá uirthi.
She was disappointed.

Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.
The performance disappointed me.

Declension

Declension of díomá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	díomá
Vocative	a dhíomá
Genitive	díomá
Dative	díomá

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an díomá
Genitive	na díomá
Dative	leis an díomá don díomá

Derived terms

díomách

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díomá	dhíomá	ndíomá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 188.
M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.

C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “dimbág, dimbáig”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
“díombáiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

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