blein

See also: bléin

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bleine. Cognate with English blain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɛi̯n/

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• Hyphenation: blein
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯n

Noun

blein f (plural bleinen, diminutive bleintje n)

1. (now Southern) blister

Synonyms

• (blister): blaar, blaasje

Derived terms

• bleinroos
• bloedblein

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”). Cognate with Irish bliain and Scottish Gaelic bliadhna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blʲeːnʲ/, [blʲeːnʲ], [blʲiᵈn]

Noun

bleïn f (genitive singular bleeaney, plural bleeantyn)

1. year

   Cha vel mee er n'akin eh rish bleeantyn liauyrey. ― I haven't set eyes on him for years.

   Niartee y graih oc car ny bleeantyn. ― Their love deepened through the years.

   Ta ny bleeantyn tayrn er gerrey. ― The years draw nigh.

Usage notes

Bleïn has the irregular count plural bleeaney:

• three bleeaney ― three years
• shey bleeaney ― six years
• queig bleeaney jeig ― fifteen years

Derived terms

• bleinoil (“annual, yearly”)
• myleeaney (“this year”)

Mutation

Mutation of bleïn

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bleïn	vleïn	mleïn

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

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bleˈin/

Noun

blein (genitive bleina, uncountable)

1. blindness

Declension

Declension of blein

	Singular
Nominative	blein
Genitive	bleina
Dative	bleine
Accusative	bleini
Predicative1	bleinu
Vocative	o blein

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.