damhsa

Irish

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from Middle English daunsen or directly from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”), of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠəusˠə/
(dated) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠə̃ũsˠə/

Noun

damhsa m (genitive singular damhsa, nominative plural damhsaí)

dance

Declension

Declension of damhsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	damhsa	damhsaí
Vocative	a dhamhsa	a dhamhsaí
Genitive	damhsa	damhsaí
Dative	damhsa	damhsaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an damhsa	na damhsaí
Genitive	an damhsa	na ndamhsaí
Dative	leis an damhsa don damhsa	leis na damhsaí

Alternative plural form: damhsaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

rince

Derived terms

damhsaigh
damhsóir
gúna damhsa (“ball gown”)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

damh-sa (superseded)

Pronoun

damhsa

emphatic form of damh: alternative form of domsa

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
damhsa	dhamhsa	ndamhsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“damsa” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“daṁsa” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"damhsa" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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