bláth

bláth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠæː/

Noun

bláth m (genitive singular blátha, nominative plural bláthanna)

1. flower

Declension

Declension of bláth

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bláth bláthanna Vocative a bhláth a bhláthanna Genitive blátha bláthanna Dative bláth bláthanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bláth na bláthanna Genitive an bhlátha na mbláthanna Dative leis an mbláth don bhláth leis na bláthanna

Synonyms

• plúr

Related terms

• bláfar (“blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bláth	bhláth	mbláth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "bláth" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “bláth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

bláth m

1. flower
2. blossom
3. bloom

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: bláth
• Manx: blaa
• Scottish Gaelic: blàth

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
bláth	bláth pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/	mbláth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “bláth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.