blíneach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

blíneach f (genitive singular blíní)

  1. rushes (plants of the genus Juncus; their stems used as material)
    Synonyms: feag, luachair

Declension
Declension of blíneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative blíneach
Vocative a bhlíneach
Genitive blíní
Dative blíneach
blínigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an bhlíneach
Genitive na blíní
Dative leis an mblíneach
leis an mblínigh (archaic, dialectal)

don bhlíneach
don bhlínigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
blíneach bhlíneach mblíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “blíneach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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