bliain

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain,[2] from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”).

Pronunciation

Noun

bliain f (genitive singular bliana, nominative plural blianta)

  1. year

Usage notes

Bliain has the irregular count plural bliana:

  • trí bliana ― three years
  • seacht mbliana ― seven years
  • ceithre bliana déag ― fourteen years

Declension

Declension of bliain

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bliain blianta
Vocative a bhliain a bhlianta
Genitive bliana blianta
Dative bliain blianta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhliain na blianta
Genitive na bliana na mblianta
Dative leis an mbliain

don bhliain

leis na blianta
  • Alternative genitive plural: blian

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bliain bhliain mbliain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “bliain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
  4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 163, page 62

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