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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish blāro-s, from Proto-Celtic *blā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.
Pronunciation
Noun
blàr m (genitive singular blàir, plural blàir or blàran)
- battle, uproar
- Am Blàr Mharatoin ― The Battle of Marathon
- battlefield, field
- moss
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Adjective
blàr (comparative blàire)
- hew, white-faced
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| blàr |
bhlàr
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “blàr”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page blàr