díomá

díomá

Irish

Alternative forms

• diombáidh (superseded)
• díombáidh (superseded)
• diombáigh (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Irish dimbág, from dí- (negative) + bág (“boast; fight; boldness”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /dʲiːmˠˈvˠɑː/[1]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲiːmˠæ/

Noun

díomá f (genitive singular díomá)

1. disappointment (emotion felt when a strongly held expectation is not met)
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 193:

     Nuair a imthigheadh sé ó’n gcuan do bhíodh uaigneas agus díombáidh an domhain uirthi, ach ní bhíodh a fhios aici cad é an fáth.

     When he would leave from the harbour, she would feel extremely lonely and disappointed [lit. the loneliness and disappointment of the world would be upon her], but she wouldn’t know why.

   Bhí díomá uirthi.

   She was disappointed.

   Chuir an léiriú díomá orm.

   The performance disappointed me.

Declension

Declension of díomá

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative díomá Vocative a dhíomá Genitive díomá Dative díomá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an díomá Genitive na díomá Dative leis an díomá don díomá

Derived terms

• díomách

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
díomá	dhíomá	ndíomá
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 188

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dimbág, dimbáig”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “díombáiḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 243