bleán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish blegon (“act of milking; yield of milk, milking”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʲlʲaːnˠ]

Noun

bleán m (genitive bleáin, as verbal noun blite)

  1. verbal noun of bligh
  2. milk yield; milking

Declension
Declension of bleán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bleán
Vocative a bhleáin
Genitive bleáin
Dative bleán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bleán
Genitive an bhleáin
Dative leis an mbleán

don bhleán

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • bleánlann f (“milking parlour”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bleán bhleán mbleán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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