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blíadain

blíadain

Old Irish

Noun

blíadain f (genitive blíadnae, nominative plural blíadnai)

  1. year

Inflection

Feminine ī-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
blíadain blíadain
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mblíadain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • bliadain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.