bliadhna
Irish
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdanī (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bliən̪ˠə/
Noun
bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean or bliadhnachan)
- year
- eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year
- an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time
- Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising (literally, “the Year of the Prince”)
- am bliadhna ― this year
Usage notes
Derived terms
- am bliadhna (“this year”)
- an ath bhliadhna (“next (following) year”)
- an-ath-bhliadhna (“next year (after this one)”)
- a’ Bhliadhna Ùr (“New Year”)
- Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (“Year of the Potato Blight in 1846”)
- bliadhna fhiosgail (“fiscal year”)
- bliadhna ionmhais (“financial year”)
- Bliadhna Mhath Ùr (“Happy New Year”)
- bliadhna mìosachain (“calendar year”)
- Bliadhna nan Caorach (“Year of the Sheep, a particularly devastating Highland clearance in 1792”)
- bliadhna rannsachaidh (“sabbatical”)
- Bliadhna Theàrlaich (“Jacobite Rising in 1745”)
- Bliadhna Ùr nan Sìneach (“Chinese New Year”)
- bliadhna-leum (“leap year”)
- bliadhna-sholais (“lightyear”)
- bliadhnail (“annual, yearly”, adjective)
- cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna (“centenary”)
- cuirm-bhliadhnail (“anniversary”)
- dà bhliadhnail (“biennial”, adjective)
- fèill-bhliadhna (“anniversary”)
- gach bliadhna (“annually, every year”, adverb)
- Là na Bliadhna Ùire (“New Year’s Day”)
- leabhar-bliadhna (“yearbook”)
- pòsadh-bliadhna (“handfasting, left-hand marriage”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| bliadhna | bhliadhna |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bliadhna”, 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), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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