bléin
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See also: blein
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish bléin, from Old Irish mleen.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of bléin
- Alternative plural forms: bléantacha, bléantracha
Mutation[edit]
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[edit]
- “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