bleacht
From Middle Irish blicht, from Old Irish mlicht, from Proto-Celtic *mlixtus (compare Welsh blith), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ml̥ǵtu-, from *h₂melǵ- (compare English milk, Latin mulgeō (“to milk”)).
bleacht m (genitive singular bleachta)
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bleacht (genitive singular feminine bleachta, plural bleachta)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | bleacht | bhleacht | bleachta; bhleachta2 | |
| vocative | bhleacht | bleachta | ||
| genitive | bleachta | bleachta | bleacht | |
| dative | bleacht; bhleacht1 |
bhleacht | bleachta; bhleachta2 | |
| Comparative | níos bleachta | |||
| Superlative | is bleachta | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bleacht | bhleacht | mbleacht |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.