bleacht
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish blicht, from Old Irish mlicht, from Proto-Celtic *mlixtus (compare Welsh blith), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ml̥ǵtu-, from *h₂melǵ- (compare English milk, Latin mulgeō (“to milk”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲlʲaxt̪ˠ/
Declension
Declension of bleacht
Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Declension
Declension of bleacht
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bleacht | bhleacht | bleachta; bhleachta² | |
| Vocative | bhleacht | bleachta | ||
| Genitive | bleachta | bleachta | bleacht | |
| Dative | bleacht; bhleacht¹ |
bhleacht | bleachta; bhleachta² | |
| Comparative | níos bleachta | |||
| Superlative | is bleachta | |||
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 |
| bleacht | bhleacht | mbleacht |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 blicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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