blass
See also: blaß
German
Alternative forms
- blaß (before the 1996 spelling reform)
Etymology
From Middle High German blas.
Pronunciation
Adjective
blass (comparative blasser or blässer, superlative am blassesten or am blässesten)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “blass” in Duden online
Manx
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”).
Noun
blass m (genitive singular blass, plural blassyn)
- taste, flavour
- accent
- spiciness
- Dy chur blass da skeeal. ― To give spice to a story.
- tinge, overtone
Derived terms
- aavlass m (“aftertaste”)
Related terms
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mlas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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