bleán
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See also: bléan
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish blegon, from Old Irish mlegon (“act of milking; yield of milk, milking”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /bʲlʲɑːnˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbʲlʲɨ̞ɡənˠ/[1] (as if spelled bliogan)
Noun[edit]
bleán m (genitive singular as substantive bleáin, genitive as verbal noun blite, nominative plural)
- verbal noun of bligh
- milk yield
- milking
- Synonym: crú
Declension[edit]
Declension of bleán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms[edit]
- bleánlann f (“milking parlour”)
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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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[edit]
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blegon”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂melǵ-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish verbal nouns
- Irish first-declension nouns
- ga:Dairy farming