blasta

See also: blåsta and blasta-

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlɑsˠt̪ˠə/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠasˠt̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

blasta

1. savoury, tasty, delicious
2. correct, telling, well-spoken (of speech)
3. (figuratively) good (of work, music, speech, etc.)
4. sweet, smooth-working (of implement, machine)
5. tasteful, neat

Declension

Declension of blasta

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	blasta	bhlasta	blasta; bhlasta²
Vocative	bhlasta		blasta
Genitive		blasta	blasta	blasta
Dative	blasta; bhlasta¹	bhlasta	blasta; bhlasta²
Comparative	níos blasta
Superlative	is blasta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• (tasty, delicious):
  • blastacht f (“tastiness”)
  • blastán m (“seasoning”)
  • blastóg f (“savoury”)

Related terms

• blastanas m (“flavour”)
• blastóir m (“taster”)
• dea-bhlasta (“good to taste, palatable; well-flavoured, savoury”, adjective)
• do-bhlasta (“ill-tasting, unappetizing”, adjective)
• so-bhlasta (“tasty”, adjective)

Etymology 2

blais +‎ -ta (participial suffix)

Participle

blasta

1. past participle of blais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blasta	bhlasta	mblasta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blasta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “blasta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle Irish

Etymology

From blas (“taste, flavour”) +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblastə/

Adjective

blasta

1. tasty
2. appetizing
3. sweet

Synonyms

• (sweet): milis

Descendants

• Irish: blasta
• Manx: blasstal
• Scottish Gaelic: blasta, blasda

Mutation

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

Further reading

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• blasda

Etymology

From Middle Irish blasta, from Old Irish blas. By surface analysis, blas +‎ -ta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpl̪ˠas̪t̪ə/

Adjective

blasta

1. delicious, savoury, tasty
2. tasteful
3. agreeable
4. eloquent
5. seasoned

Derived terms

• ana-blasta (“insipid, tasteless; of bad taste”, adjective)
• blastachd f (“sweetness, savouriness; tastefulness; agreeableness”)
• blastag f (“sweet-mouthed female”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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