blian

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French blanc, from Early Medieval Latin blancus, from Frankish *blank.

Adjective

blian (feminine singular bliainche)

  1. white

Derived terms
  • bliainchi

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲlʲiənˠ/, /bʲlʲiən̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

blian

  1. genitive plural of bliain (“year”)

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 62
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