bláith

Irish

Etymology

Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥h₂-ti-s ~ *ml̥h₁-téy-s, from *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”) + *-tis. Originally meant "ground soft".

Pronunciation

Adjective

bláith (genitive singular masculine bláith, genitive singular feminine bláithe, plural bláithe, comparative bláithe)

  1. (literary) smooth, delicate, beautiful

Declension

Declension of bláith
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bláith bhláith bláithe;
bhláithe2
vocative bhláith bláithe
genitive bláithe bláithe bláith
dative bláith;
bhláith1 		bhláith bláithe;
bhláithe2
Comparative níos bláithe
Superlative is bláithe

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

Derived terms

  • bláithe (“smoothness”)
  • bláithfholt (“glossy hair”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bláith
radical lenition eclipsis
bláith bhláith mbláith

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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