bliadhna

Irish

Noun

bliadhna

1. obsolete spelling of bliana

Mutation

Mutated forms of bliadhna

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bliadhna	bhliadhna	mbliadhna

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈb̥liən̪ˠə/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ˈb̥lĩɤ̃n̪ˠə/, [ˈb̥lĩʊ̃n̪ˠə]

Noun

bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean or bliadhnachan)

1. year

   eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year

   an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time

   Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising (literally, “the Year of the Prince”)

   am bliadhna ― this year

Usage notes

• Used in the singular after numerals:

  Bha sinn na bliadhnaichean ann. ― We were there for years.

  Bha sinn ochd bliadhna ann. ― We were there eight years.

Derived terms

• am bliadhna (“this year”)
• an ath bhliadhna (“next (following) year”)
• an-ath-bhliadhna (“next year (after this one)”)
• a’ Bhliadhna Ùr (“New Year”)
• Bliadhna a' Chnàmha (“Year of the Potato Blight in 1846”)
• bliadhna fhiosgail (“fiscal year”)
• bliadhna ionmhais (“financial year”)
• Bliadhna Mhath Ùr (“Happy New Year”)
• bliadhna mìosachain (“calendar year”)
• Bliadhna nan Caorach (“Year of the Sheep, a particularly devastating Highland clearance in 1792”)
• bliadhna rannsachaidh (“sabbatical”)
• Bliadhna Theàrlaich (“Jacobite Rising in 1745”)
• Bliadhna Ùr nan Sìneach (“Chinese New Year”)
• bliadhna-leum (“leap year”)
• bliadhna-sholais (“lightyear”)
• bliadhnail (“annual, yearly”, adjective)
• cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna (“centenary”)
• cuirm-bhliadhnail (“anniversary”)
• dà bhliadhnail (“biennial”, adjective)
• fèill-bhliadhna (“anniversary”)
• gach bliadhna (“annually, every year”, adverb)
• Là na Bliadhna Ùire (“New Year’s Day”)
• leabhar-bliadhna (“yearbook”)
• leth-bhliadhna (“half a year”)
• pòsadh-bliadhna (“handfasting, left-hand marriage”)

Mutation

Mutation of bliadhna

radical	lenition
bliadhna	bhliadhna

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “bliadhna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language