bláthach

See also: blàthach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːhəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːx/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːx/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠaːx/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠaːx/[2]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish bláthach (buttermilk), from Old Irish bláthach.

Noun

bláthach f (genitive singular bláthaí or bláithche)

  1. buttermilk
Declension

Etymology 2

From bláth (flower) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bláthach (genitive singular masculine bláthaigh, genitive singular feminine bláthaí, plural bláthacha, comparative bláthaí)

  1. flowery, floral
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bláthach bhláthach mbláthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 19, page 10

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From bláth (blossom) + -ach.

Noun

bláthach f

  1. buttermilk

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative bláthachL bláthaigL bláthchaH
Vocative bláthachL bláthaigL bláthchaH
Accusative bláthaigN bláthaigL bláthchaH
Genitive bláthchaeH bláthachL bláthachN
Dative bláthaigL bláthchaib bláthchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bláthach

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
bláthach bláthach
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbláthach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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