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díomá
díomá
Irish
Alternative forms
- diombáidh (superseded)
- díombáidh (superseded)
- diombáigh (archaic)
Noun
díomá f (genitive singular díomá)
- disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[2]:
- 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 [lit. the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her], but she wouldn’t know why.
- 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.
- Bhí díomá uirthi.
- She was disappointed.
- Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.
- The performance disappointed me.
- 1938, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”[2]:
Declension
Declension of díomá
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- díomách
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 188.
- ↑ M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval, 1936, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 193.
- “dimbág, dimbáig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “díombáiḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.