Irish

Adjective

blasta

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

Declension

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

Participle

blasta

1. past participle of blais

Mutation

References

• "blasta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From blas ‎(“taste, flavour”) +‎ -ta.

Adjective

blasta

1. tasty
2. appetizing
3. sweet

Synonyms

• (sweet): milis

Descendants

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

Mutation

References

• “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• blasda

Etymology

From Old Irish blasta, from blas; synchronically, blas +‎ -ta.

Adjective

blasta

1. delicious, savoury, tasty
2. well-tasted
3. tasteful
4. agreeable
5. eloquent
6. seasoned

Derived terms

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

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “blasta” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.