Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bláthnait (“weasel”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠlˠaːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠaːn̪ˠədʲ/
Noun
bláthnaid f (genitive singular bláthnaide, nominative plural bláthnaidí)
- (female) stoat
Declension
Declension of bláthnaid (second declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of bláthnaid
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lenition
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eclipsis
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bhláthnaid
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mbláthnaid
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláthnaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bláthnait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71