bláth

See also: blað, blaþ, and blàth

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠɑːh/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠɑː/, /bˠl̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠaː/, /bˠl̪ˠaː/

Noun

bláth m (genitive singular blátha, nominative plural bláthanna)

1. flower

Declension

Declension of bláth (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bláth bláthanna vocative a bhláth a bhláthanna genitive blátha bláthanna dative bláth bláthanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bláth na bláthanna genitive an bhlátha na mbláthanna dative leis an mbláth don bhláth leis na bláthanna

Synonyms

• plúr

Derived terms

• bláfar (“blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid”, adjective)
• bláthach (“flowery”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bláth

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bláth	bhláth	mbláth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blaːθ]

Noun

bláth m

1. flower
2. blossom
3. bloom

Inflection

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bláth	bláthL	bláthae
vocative	bláth	bláthL	bláthu
accusative	bláthN	bláthL	bláthu
genitive	bláthoH, bláthaH	blátho, blátha	bláthaeN
dative	bláthL	bláthaib	bláthaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: bláth
• Manx: blaa
• Scottish Gaelic: blàth

Mutation

Mutation of bláth

radical	lenition	nasalization
bláth	bláth pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbláth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language