blasta

See also: blåsta and blasta-

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠasˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas; synchronically, blas +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

blasta

  1. savoury, tasty, delicious
  2. (of speech) correct, telling, well-spoken
  3. (figuratively) good (of work, music, speech, etc.)
  4. (of implement, machine) sweet, smooth-working
  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
  • "blasta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From blas (“taste, flavour”) +‎ -ta.

Adjective

blasta

  1. tasty
  2. appetizing
  3. sweet

Synonyms

Descendants

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
  • “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas; synchronically, blas +‎ -ta.

Adjective

blasta

  1. delicious, savoury, tasty
  2. well-tasted
  3. tasteful
  4. agreeable
  5. eloquent
  6. 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
RadicalLenition
blastabhlasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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