bláth

See also: blað, blaþ, and blàth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bláth,[1] from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bláth m (genitive singular blátha, nominative plural bláthanna)

  1. flower

Declension
Declension of bláth

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bláth bláthanna
Vocative a bhláth a bhláthanna
Genitive blátha bláthanna
Dative bláth bláthanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bláth na bláthanna
Genitive an bhlátha na mbláthanna
Dative leis an mbláth

don bhláth

 leis na bláthanna

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bláfar (“blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid”, adjective)
  • bláthach (“flowery”, 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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 185, page 93
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 182, page 70

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [blaːθ]

Noun

bláth m

  1. flower
  2. blossom
  3. bloom

Inflection
Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bláth bláthL bláthae
Vocative bláth bláthL bláthu
Accusative bláthN bláthL bláthu
Genitive bláthoH, bláthaH blátho, blátha bláthaeN
Dative bláthL bláthaib bláthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: bláth
  • Manx: blaa
  • Scottish Gaelic: blàth

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.

Further reading
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