bligh

See also: Bligh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bleagh

Etymology

From Middle Irish bligid, from Old Irish mligid, from Proto-Celtic *mligeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

bligh (present analytic blíonn, future analytic blífidh, verbal noun bleán, past participle blite)

  1. to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
    Synonym: crúigh

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bligh bhligh mbligh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47

Further reading

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