bleaist
Irish
Etymology
From English blast, from Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāst(i), from Proto-Germanic *blēstaz, *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲlʲaʃtʲ/
Noun
bleaist f (genitive singular bleaiste, nominative plural bleaisteanna)
- blast (violent gust of wind)
- Synonyms: rois, soinneán
Declension
Declension of bleaist
Second declension
Bare forms
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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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” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- "bleaist" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “bleaist” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.