blasta

See also: blåsta and blasta-

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

blasta

  1. savoury, tasty, delicious
  2. correct, telling, well-spoken (of speech)
  3. (figuratively) good (of work, music, speech, etc.)
  4. sweet, smooth-working (of implement, machine)
  5. tasteful, neat
Declension
Declension of blasta
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative blasta bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta²
Vocative bhlasta blasta
Genitive blasta blasta blasta
Dative blasta;
bhlasta¹		 bhlasta blasta;
bhlasta²
Comparative níos blasta
Superlative is blasta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • (tasty, delicious):
    • blastacht f (“tastiness”)
    • blastán m (“seasoning”)
    • blastóg f (“savoury”)
  • blastanas m (“flavour”)
  • blastóir m (“taster”)
  • dea-bhlasta (“good to taste, palatable; well-flavoured, savoury”, adjective)
  • do-bhlasta (“ill-tasting, unappetizing”, adjective)
  • so-bhlasta (“tasty”, adjective)

Etymology 2

blais +‎ -ta (participial suffix)

Participle

blasta

  1. past participle of blais

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

Further reading

Middle Irish

Etymology

From blas (“taste, flavour”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈblastə/

Adjective

blasta

  1. tasty
  2. appetizing
  3. sweet

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Irish: blasta
  • Manx: blasstal
  • Scottish Gaelic: blasta, blasda

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpl̪ˠas̪t̪ə/

Adjective

blasta

  1. delicious, savoury, tasty
  2. tasteful
  3. agreeable
  4. eloquent
  5. seasoned

Derived terms
  • ana-blasta (“insipid, tasteless; of bad taste”, adjective)
  • blastachd f (“sweetness, savouriness; tastefulness; agreeableness”)
  • blastag f (“sweet-mouthed female”)

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “blasta”, 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), “blasta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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