blàth

See also: blað, blaþ, and bláth

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pl̪ˠaː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)

  1. blossom, bloom, flower
    Nach eil blàthan na siris dìreach àlainn? ― Aren't the cherry blossoms just lovely?
  2. consequence, effect
  3. heyday
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), *mlātos (“flour”), related to *meleti (“to grind, crush”). Originally meant "ground soft". Cognate with Welsh blawd (“flour, meal”).

Adjective

blàth (genitive singular masculine blàith, genitive singular feminine blàithe, nominative plural blàtha, comparative blàithe)

  1. warm
    Tha am bùrn blàth.
    The water is warm.
  2. affectionate, tender, kind
Declension
Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative blàth bhlàth blàtha
Vocative bhlàith bhlàith blàtha
Genitive bhlàith bhlàith/blàithe blàtha
Dative bhlàth bhlàith blàtha

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
blàthbhlàth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “blàth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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