bláthach

See also: blàthach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bláthach (“buttermilk”), from bláth (“flower”).

Noun

bláthach f (genitive singular bláthaí or bláithche)

  1. buttermilk
Declension
Declension of bláthach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bláthach
Vocative a bhláthach
Genitive bláthaí
Dative bláthach
bláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhláthach
Genitive na bláthaí
Dative leis an mbláthach
leis an mbláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bhláthach
don bhláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology 2

From bláth (“flower”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bláthach (genitive singular masculine bláthaigh, genitive singular feminine bláthaí, plural bláthacha, comparative bláthaí)

  1. flowery, floral
Declension
Declension of bláthach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bláthach bhláthach bláthacha;
bhláthacha²
Vocative bhláthaigh bláthacha
Genitive bláthaí bláthacha bláthach
Dative bláthach;
bhláthach¹		 bhláthach;
bhláthaigh (archaic)		 bláthacha;
bhláthacha²
Comparative níos bláthaí
Superlative is bláthaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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

Further reading

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 46.
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 10, § 19.
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