bláthnaid
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish bláthnait (“weasel”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠaːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠaːn̪ˠədʲ/
Noun
editbláthnaid f (genitive singular bláthnaide, nominative plural bláthnaidí)
- (female) stoat
Declension
editDeclension of bláthnaid
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- bláthnaid ghallda f (“least weasel”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bláthnaid | bhláthnaid | mbláthnaid |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláthnaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bláthnait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71