dea-bholadh

Irish

Alternative forms
  • deaghbholadh, deagh-bholadh, deaghbholudh, deagh-bholudh, deágh-bholadh, deigh-bholadh, deughbholadh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish degbolad. By surface analysis, dea- +‎ boladh.

Pronunciation

Noun

dea-bholadh m (genitive singular dea-bholaidh, nominative plural dea-bholaithe)

  1. good smell, aroma

Declension
Declension of dea-bholadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dea-bholadh dea-bholaithe
Vocative a dhea-bholaidh a dhea-bholaithe
Genitive dea-bholaidh dea-bholaithe
Dative dea-bholadh dea-bholaithe

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an dea-bholadh na dea-bholaithe
Genitive an dea-bholaidh na ndea-bholaithe
Dative leis an dea-bholadh

don dea-bholadh

 leis na dea-bholaithe

References
  1. “dea-bholadh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37

Further reading
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