bliadhna
Irish
Noun
bliadhna
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bliadhna | bhliadhna | mbliadhna |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdanī (“year”).
Noun
bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean)
- 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 ionmhais (“financial year”)
- Bliadhna Mhath Ùr (“Happy New Year”)
- bliadhna mìosachain (“calendar year”)
- bliadhna-leum (“leap year”)
- bliadhnail (“annual, yearly”, adjective)
- cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna (“centenary”)
- dà bhliadhnail (“biennial”, adjective)
- Là na Bliadhna Ùire (“New Year’s Day”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
bliadhna | bhliadhna |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “bliadhna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 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
Categories:
- Irish non-lemma forms
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- Irish obsolete forms
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
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