bligh

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish bligid, from Old Irish mligid, from Proto-Celtic *mligeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

bligh (present analytic blíonn, future analytic blífidh, verbal noun bleán, past participle blite)

  1. to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
    Synonym: crúigh

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bligh bhligh mbligh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47

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