bléin
See also: blein
Irish
Alternative forms
- bléan
- bleun (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish bléin, from Old Irish mleen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʲlʲeːnʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /bʲleːn/
Noun
bléin f (genitive singular bléine or bléineach, nominative plural bléinte)
- groin (long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs)
Declension
Declension of bléin
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural forms: bléantacha, bléantracha
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bléin | bhléin | mbléin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “bléin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “blén”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bléan”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 71
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “bléin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 71
- Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 46
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bléin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 61
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