bledhen

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish blythen, from Old Cornish bliþen, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.

Celtic cognates include Welsh blwydd, Breton blizenn, Old Irish blíadain, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd. Doublet of bloodh.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈblɛðɛn]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈblɛðɐn]

Noun

bledhen f (plural bledhynnyow or bledhydnyow)

1. year

Derived terms

• bledhen lamm (“leap year”)
• bledhynnyek (“annually, yearly”, adjective)
• kyns penn bledhen (“before the year is out”)
• nessa bledhen (“next year”)
• ogas ha bledhen (“almost a year”)
• pub bledhen (“annually, yearly”, adverb)

Mutation

Mutation of bledhen

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
bledhen	vledhen	unchanged	pledhen	fledhen, vledhen*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.