bleán

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See also: bléan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish blegon, from Old Irish mlegon (“act of milking; yield of milk, milking”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bleán m (genitive singular as substantive bleáin, genitive as verbal noun blite, nominative plural)

  1. verbal noun of bligh
  2. milk yield
    Synonyms: bleacht, bleánach, crúthach, lacht, táirgeacht, tál
  3. milking
    Synonym: crú

Declension

Declension of bleán (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative bleán
vocative a bhleáin
genitive bleáin
dative bleán
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an bleán
genitive an bhleáin
dative leis an mbleán
don bhleán

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bleán
radical lenition eclipsis
bleán bhleán mbleán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

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