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masla
masla
Irish
Noun
masla m, f (genitive singular masla, nominative plural maslaí)
- insult, opprobrium
- strain, overstrain, abuse of strength
Declension
Declension of masla
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative declension
Declension of masla
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- diamhasla m (“blasphemy”)
- maslach, maslúil (“insulting, abusive; opprobrious; overstrenuous, overtaxing, abusive of strength”)
- maslacht f (“insultingness, abusiveness; overstrenuousness, overtaxation of strength”)
- maslaigh (“insult, affront, abuse; overstrain, overtax”, verb)
- maslóir m (“abuser, insulter”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| masla | mhasla | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "masla" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “masla (maslad)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.