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Noun

Blas

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Blasius. Cognate to English and French Blaise.

Proper noun

Blas m

1. A male given name.

Cornish

Noun

blas m

1. taste

Related terms

• blasa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blaːs]
• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

blas

1. Imperative singular of blasen.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of blasen.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blas, from Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть ‎(molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [bˠl̪ˠɑsˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [bˠlˠasˠ]

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

Related terms

• blais ‎(“taste”, verb)
• blaiseadh ‎(“tasting”)
• blasta ‎(“tasty”)

Mutation

References

• "blas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 273
• “blas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish mlas, from Proto-Celtic *mlasto-, 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

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Related terms

• blais
• blasad
• blasta

References

• 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 0 901771 92 9
• “blas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.