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bliadhna

bliadhna

Irish

Noun

bliadhna

  1. Obsolete spelling of bliana

Mutation

Irish mutation
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)

  1. year
    eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year
    an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time
    Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the Year of the Prince (common name for the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising)
    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.

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