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)

1. groin (long narrow depression of the human body that separates the trunk from the legs)

Declension

Declension of bléin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bléin bléinte Vocative a bhléin a bhléinte Genitive b{{{3}}} bléinte Dative bléin bléinte

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhléin na bléinte Genitive na b{{{3}}} na mbléinte Dative leis an mbléin don bhléin leis na bléinte

• 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
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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