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bláth

bláth

Irish

Noun

bláth m (genitive singular blátha, nominative plural bláthanna)

  1. flower

Declension

Synonyms

Related terms

  • bláfar (blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bláth bhláth mbláth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (blossom, flower).

Noun

bláth m

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. bloom

Inflection

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Derived terms

  • bláthmar (flowery, blossomy; flourishing, adjective)

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bláth bláth
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbláth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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