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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish blonac (“fat, lard, grease”), probably from Proto-Brythonic *blọneg, whence also Welsh bloneg.
Noun
blonag f (genitive singular blonaige)
- soft fat, lard
- blubber
- paunch, spare tyre
- Synonym: maróg
Declension
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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blonag
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bhlonag
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mblonag
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blonag”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “blonag”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “blonag”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024