bliain
Irish
Alternative forms
- bliadhain (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdanī (“year”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲlʲiənʲ/
Noun
bliain f (genitive singular bliana, nominative plural blianta)
- 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:
| Forms with the definite article:
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- Alternative genitive plural: blian
Derived terms
- athbhliain (“new year”)
- blianacht (“annuity”)
- bliantúil (“annual”)
- i mbliana (“this year”)
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. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “bliain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “bliaḋain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 71
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bliain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “bliain” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 46.
- Entries containing “bliain” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19