Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish i mblíadnai, the preposition i (in) and the long dative of blíadain (year). Compare Scottish Gaelic am bliadhna, Manx mleeaney, myleeaney, Cornish hevleni, Welsh eleni.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ə ˈmʲlʲiən̪ˠə/, /ə ˈmʲlʲiənˠə/[1]

Adverb edit

i mbliana

  1. this year

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87