bledhen

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • blydhen

Etymology

From Middle Cornish blythen, from Old Cornish bliþen, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd- (“pale”), though the semantic connection is weak.[1] See also Lithuanian blai̇̃vas (“whitish, blue, sober”), Proto-West Germanic *blait, Albanian blehurë.

Celtic cognates include Welsh blwydd, Breton blizenn, Old Irish blíadain, Breton bloaz; Old Breton blened, Welsh blynedd. Doublet of bloodh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛðən/

Noun

bledhen f (plural bledhynnyow)

  1. year

Derived terms

  • bledhen lamm (“leap year”)
  • bledhynnyek (“annually, yearly”, adjective)
  • kyns penn bledhen (“before the year is out”)
  • nessa bledhen (“next year”)
  • ogas ha bledhen (“almost a year”)
  • pub bledhen (“annually, yearly”, adverb)

Mutation

Mutation of bledhen
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
bledhen vledhen unchanged pledhen fledhen vledhen

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

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “bledani”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 69
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