bleaist

Irish

Etymology

From English blast, from Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲlʲaʃtʲ/

Noun

bleaist f (genitive singular bleaiste, nominative plural bleaisteanna)

  1. blast (violent gust of wind)
    Synonyms: rois, soinneán

Declension
Declension of bleaist

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bleaist bleaista
Vocative a bhleaist a bhleaista
Genitive bleaiste bleaist
Dative bleaist bleaista

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhleaist na bleaista
Genitive na bleaiste na mbleaist
Dative leis an mbleaist

don bhleaist

 leis na bleaista

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bleaist bhleaist mbleaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “bleaist”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleaist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “bleaist” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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