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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative blíneach
vocative a bhlíneach
genitive blíní
dative blíneach
blínigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhlíneach
genitive na blíní
dative leis an mblíneach
leis an mblínigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhlíneach
don bhlínigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blíneach
radical lenition eclipsis
blíneach bhlíneach mblíneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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