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Irish
Etymology
From English blast, from Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bleaist f (genitive singular bleaiste, nominative plural bleaisteanna)
- blast (violent gust of wind)
- Synonyms: rois, soinneán
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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bleaist
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bhleaist
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mbleaist
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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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Further reading
- “bleaist”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleaist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “bleaist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024