bloaz

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *blēdanī, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak. See also Lithuanian blaĩvas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.

Celtic cognates include Welsh blwydd, blwyddyn, Old Breton blened, Cornish bloth, Old Irish blíadain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblwɑː/, /ˈblwɑːs/
• (Vannetais) IPA^(key): /ˈbleː/

Noun

bloaz m (Vannes dialect, blé m)

1. year

Inflection

  Mutation of bloaz  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	bloaz	vloaz	unchanged	ploaz
plural	bloazioù	vloazioù	unchanged	ploazioù