blas

See also: Blas, BLAS, Bläs, B.L.A.S., blås, bläs, and Błaś

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blæːz]

Noun

blas m (plural blasow)

1. taste

Related terms

• blasa

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blaːs]

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• Rhymes: -aːs

Verb

blas

1. singular imperative of blasen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of blasen

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠɑsˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠlɑsˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, 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

Declension of blas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative blas blasanna Vocative a bhlais a bhlasanna Genitive blais blasanna Dative blas blasanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an blas na blasanna Genitive an bhlais na mblasanna Dative leis an mblas don bhlas leis na blasanna

Related terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blas	bhlas	mblas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 273
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 45
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 81
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
blas	blas pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mblas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch blazen.

Verb

blas

1. to blow

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
blas	bhlas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “blas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Noun

blas m pl

1. plural of bla

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh blas, from Proto-Brythonic *blas, from Proto-Celtic *mlastos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mel-s- (“to try, taste”). Cognate with Cornish blas, Breton blaz, Irish blas; outside of Celtic, compare Russian молса́ть (molsátʹ, “to suck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

blas m (plural blasau)

1. taste, flavour

   Synonym: chwaeth

2. (physiology) sense of taste

   Synonyms: sawr, archwaeth

Derived terms

• blasu (“to taste”)
• blasus (“tasty”)
• diflas (“tasteless, insipid”)
• hyfrydflas (“savoury, savouriness”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blas	flas	mlas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.