blein

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See also: bléin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bleine. Cognate with English blain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɛi̯n/
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  • Hyphenation: blein
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

blein f (plural bleinen, diminutive bleintje n)

  1. (now Southern) blister

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Derived terms

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

blein f (genitive singular bleeaney, plural bleeantyn)

  1. year
    Cha vel mee er n'akin eh rish bleeantyn liauyrey. ― I haven't set eyes on him for years.
    Niartee y graih oc car ny bleeantyn. ― Their love deepened through the years.
    Ta ny bleeantyn tayrn er gerrey. ― The years draw nigh.

Derived terms

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
blein vlein mlein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Volapük

Pronunciation

Noun

blein (uncountable bleins)

  1. blindness

Declension

declension of blein
singular
nominative blein
genitive bleina
dative bleine
accusative bleini
vocative 1 o blein!
predicative 2 bleinu
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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