bleacht

English

Verb

bleacht

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of bleach

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blicht, from Old Irish mlicht, from Proto-Celtic *mlixtus (compare Welsh blith), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ml̥ǵtu-, from *h₂melǵ- (compare English milk, Latin mulgeō (“to milk”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʲlʲaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

bleacht m (genitive singular bleachta)

  1. milk, milk yield

Declension

Declension of bleacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bleacht
vocative a bhleacht
genitive bleachta
dative bleacht
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bleacht
genitive an bhleachta
dative leis an mbleacht
don bhleacht

Synonyms

Adjective

bleacht (genitive singular feminine bleachta, plural bleachta)

  1. milch
  2. copious, abundant

Declension

Declension of bleacht
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bleacht bhleacht bleachta;
bhleachta2
vocative bhleacht bleachta
genitive bleachta bleachta bleacht
dative bleacht;
bhleacht1 		bhleacht bleachta;
bhleachta2
Comparative níos bleachta
Superlative is bleachta

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bleacht
radical lenition eclipsis
bleacht bhleacht mbleacht

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

References

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