dea-bholadh
Irish
Alternative forms
- deaghbholadh, deagh-bholadh, deaghbholudh, deagh-bholudh, deágh-bholadh, deigh-bholadh, deughbholadh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish degbolad; surface analysis dea- + boladh.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈdʲeːˌwɔlˠu/[1]
Noun
dea-bholadh m (genitive singular dea-bholaidh, nominative plural dea-bholaithe)
- good smell, aroma
Declension
Declension of dea-bholadh
First declension
Bare forms:
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Further reading
- “dea-bholadh” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- "dea-bholadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 37