bleaist

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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)

  1. blast (violent gust of wind)
    Synonyms: rois, soinneán

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bleaist bhleaist mbleaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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