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damhsa

damhsa

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠəusˠə/
  • (dated) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠə̃ũsˠə/

Noun

damhsa m (genitive singular damhsa, nominative plural damhsaí)

  1. dance
Declension
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Etymology 2

Alternative forms

  • damh-sa (superseded)

Pronoun

damhsa

  1. emphatic form of damh: alternative form of domsa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
damhsa dhamhsa ndamhsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • damsa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “daṁsa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "damhsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.