bláthach

See also: blàthach

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bláthach (“buttermilk”).[3]

Noun

bláthach f (genitive singular bláthaí or bláithche)

  1. buttermilk
Declension
Declension of bláthach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative bláthach
vocative a bhláthach
genitive bláthaí
dative bláthach
bláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an bhláthach
genitive na bláthaí
dative leis an mbláthach
leis an mbláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don bhláthach
don bhláthaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Etymology 2

From bláth (“flower”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

bláthach (genitive singular masculine bláthaigh, genitive singular feminine bláthaí, plural bláthacha, comparative bláthaí)

  1. flowery, floral
Declension
Declension of bláthach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative bláthach bhláthach bláthacha;
bhláthacha2
vocative bhláthaigh bláthacha
genitive bláthaí bláthacha bláthach
dative bláthach;
bhláthach1 		bhláthach;
bhláthaigh (archaic) 		bláthacha;
bhláthacha2
Comparative níos bláthaí
Superlative is bláthaí

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 bláthach
radical lenition eclipsis
bláthach bhláthach mbláthach

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 19, page 10
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláthach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

From bláth (“blossom”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

bláthach f

  1. buttermilk

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative bláthachL bláthaigL bláthchaH
vocative bláthachL bláthaigL bláthchaH
accusative bláthaigN bláthaigL bláthchaH
genitive bláthchaeH bláthachL bláthachN
dative bláthaigL bláthchaib bláthchaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: bláthach

Mutation

Mutation of bláthach
radical lenition nasalization
bláthach bláthach
pronounced with /β-/		 mbláthach

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

Further reading

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