blaa

See also: blå and blåa

English

Etymology

From French, either from blé (“wheat”) or from blanc (“white”) as in pain blanc (“white bread”).

Noun

blaa (plural blaas)

  1. (bakery, Ireland) a soft white breakfast roll, traditionally associated with south-east Ireland

Derived terms

Anagrams

Manx

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bleː/

Noun

blaa m (genitive singular blaa, plural blaaghyn)

  1. flower
  2. bloom
  3. pride
  4. heyday

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
blaavlaamlaa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms
  • blaag
  • blaaghey
  • blaagheyder
  • blaanid
  • blaaoil
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