bliosán

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bʲlʲəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲlʲɪsˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbʲlʲɪsˠænˠ/

Noun

bliosán m (genitive singular bliosáin, nominative plural bliosáin)

1. artichoke

Declension

Declension of bliosán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bliosán bliosáin Vocative a bhliosáin a bhliosána Genitive bliosáin bliosán Dative bliosán bliosáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bliosán na bliosáin Genitive an bhliosáin na mbliosán Dative leis an mbliosán don bhliosán leis na bliosáin

Derived terms

• bliosán cruinn (“globe artichoke”)
• bliosán gréine (“Jerusalem artichoke”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bliosán	bhliosán	mbliosán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bliosan”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bliosán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “artichoke”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024