blaen

Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

blaen m (plural blaenau)

  1. tip, point, apex
  2. front
  3. foremost, first, leader
  4. (usually in the plural) frontier, march, border; uplands, highlands

Derived terms
  • blaeneuwr (“highlander”)
  • blaenor (“elder”)
  • o flaen (“in front of”)
  • o'r blaen (“before, beforehand”)
  • ymlaen (“forward, ahead, on”)

Adjective

blaen (feminine singular blaen, plural blaen, equative blaened, comparative blaenach, superlative blaenaf)

  1. front, foremost, anterior

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blaen flaen mlaen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blaen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (10)
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