bláth

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
  • 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.

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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.
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