blàth
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Noun edit
blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), *mlātos (“flour”), related to *meleti (“to grind, crush”). Originally meant "ground soft". Cognate with Welsh blawd (“flour, meal”).
Adjective edit
blàth (genitive singular masculine blàith, genitive singular feminine blàithe, nominative plural blàtha, comparative blàithe)
- warm
- Tha am bùrn blàth.
- The water is warm.
- affectionate, tender, kind
Declension edit
Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | blàth | bhlàth | blàtha |
Vocative | bhlàith | bhlàith | blàtha |
Genitive | bhlàith | bhlàith/blàithe | blàtha |
Dative | bhlàth | bhlàith | blàtha |
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
blàth | bhlàth |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “blàth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language