dulas

See also: Dulas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dolas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulas (“to slip or slide”). Compare Aklanon dueas and Maranao dolas. For the sense “giving up a secret by mistake”, see also English Freudian slip.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duˈlas/ [d̪ʊˈlas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: du‧las

Noun

dulás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜐ᜔)

1. slipping; sliding (as on a slippery surface)

   Synonyms: dupilas, pagkadupilas

2. slipperiness

   Synonyms: kadulasan, pagkamadulas, (dialectal) landas

3. (colloquial) slip (giving up a secret by mistake)

Derived terms

• dulasan
• dulasin
• dumulas
• kadulasan
• madulas
• magpadulas
• mapadulas
• padulas
• padulasan
• padulasin
• pagdulas
• pagkadulas
• pagkamadulas
• pagpapadulas
• pampadulas

Further reading

• “dulas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

• Salud

Welsh

Etymology

du (“black”) +‎ glas (“blue, green”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdɨ̞las/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːlas/, /ˈdɪlas/

Adjective

dulas (feminine singular dulas, plural duleision, equative mor ddulas, comparative mwy dulas, superlative mwyaf dulas)

1. dark blue, blue-black

   Antonym: gwynlas

2. violet

   Synonyms: fioled, glasgoch, rhuddlas

Derived terms

• • bras dulas (“indigo bunting”)
  • brych unig dulas (“slate-coloured solitaire”)
  • brychan rhesen ddulas (“purple bar moth”)
  • cap tyllog dulas (“inkstain bolete”)
  • clychau dulas (“grape-hyacinth”)
  • cog ddulas (“violet cuckoo”)
  • cotoneaster aeron ddulas (“black-grape cotoneaster”)
  • dulasedd (“cyanosis”)
  • gwanwr blodau dulas (“indigo flowerpiercer”)
  • hadysor dulas (“blackish-blue seedeater”)
  • lori ddulas (“ultramarine lory”)
  • llostfain dulas (“slatey spinetail”)
  • pysgotwr dulas (“ultramarine kingfisher”)
  • tafod y ddaear dulas (“dark purple earthtongue”)
  • tagell brau dulas (“indigo bunting”)
  • tanagr pêr dulas (“ violaceous euphonia”)
  • tegell binc ddulas (“charcoal burner mushroom”)
  • tewbig dulas (“ultramarine grosbeak”)

See also

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

Mutation

Mutated forms of dulas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dulas	ddulas	nulas	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dulas”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dulas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies