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bliadhna
bliadhna
Irish
Noun
bliadhna
- Obsolete spelling of bliana
Mutation
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bliadhna | bhliadhna | mbliadhna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdanī (“year”).
Noun
bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean)
- year
- eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year
- an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time
- Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the Year of the Prince (common name for the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising)
- am bliadhna ― this year
Usage notes
- Used in the singular after numerals:
- Bha sinn na bliadhnaichean ann.
- We were there for years.
- Bha sinn ochd bliadhna ann.
- We were there eight years.
- Bha sinn na bliadhnaichean ann.
Derived terms
Terms derived from bliadhna
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