blaen

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Welsh

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to throw).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-N" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /blaːɨ̯n/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /blai̯n/
    • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /blaːn/

Noun

blaen m (plural blaenau)

  1. tip, point, apex
  2. front

Derived terms

Adjective

blaen (feminine singular blaen, plural blaen, equative blaened, comparative blaenach, superlative blaenaf)

  1. front, foremost, anterior

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
blaen flaen mlaen unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (10)