díomá
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish dimbág, from dí- (negative) + bág (“boast; fight; boldness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
díomá f (genitive singular díomá)
- disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)
- Bhí díomá uirthi.
- She was disappointed.
- Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.
- The performance disappointed me.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 193:
- 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, but she wouldn’t know why.
- (literally, “…the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her…”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of díomá
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 188
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dimbág, dimbáig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “díombáiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 243