blàth
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b̥l̪ˠaː/[1]
Etymology 1
From Old Irish bláth, from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).
Noun
blàth m (genitive singular blàith, plural blàthan)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish bláith (“soft, smooth”) from earlier mláith, from Proto-Celtic *mlātis (“soft, tender”), *mlātos (“flour”), related to *meleti (“to grind, crush”). Originally meant "ground soft". Cognate with Welsh blawd (“flour, meal”).
Adjective
blàth (genitive singular masculine blàith, genitive singular feminine blàithe, nominative plural blàtha, comparative nas blàithe, superlative as blàithe)
- warm
- Tha am bùrn blàth.
- The water is warm.
- affectionate, tender, kind
Declension
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | blàth | bhlàth | blàtha |
| Vocative | bhlàith | bhlàith | blàtha |
| Genitive | bhlàith | bhlàith/blàithe | blàtha |
| Dative | bhlàth | bhlàith | blàtha |
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| blàth | bhlàth |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 16
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “blàth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language