blas

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

Cornish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [blæːz]

Noun

blas m (plural blasow)

  1. taste

German

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

Verb

blas

  1. singular imperative of blasen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of blasen

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, 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.

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, 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
  • Irish: blas
  • Manx: blass
  • Scottish Gaelic: blas

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

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch blazen.

Verb

blas

  1. to blow

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, 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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
blasbhlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “blas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

blas m pl

  1. plural of bla

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh blas, from Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Cornish blas, Breton blaz, Irish blas; outside of Celtic, compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blaːs/
  • Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

blas m (plural blasau)

  1. taste, flavour
    Synonym: chwaeth
  2. (physiology) sense of taste
    Synonyms: sawr, archwaeth

Derived terms
  • blasu (“to taste”)
  • blasus (“tasty”)
  • diflas (“tasteless, insipid”)
  • hyfrydflas (“savoury, savouriness”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blas flas mlas unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
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