bláthnaid

Irish

Alternative forms

• blánaid

Etymology

From Old Irish bláthnait (“weasel”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠɑːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠədʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠlˠaːnˠədʲ/, /ˈbˠl̪ˠaːn̪ˠədʲ/

Noun

bláthnaid f (genitive singular bláthnaide, nominative plural bláthnaidí)

1. (female) stoat

Declension

Declension of bláthnaid (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bláthnaid bláthnaidí vocative a bhláthnaid a bhláthnaidí genitive bláthnaide bláthnaidí dative bláthnaid bláthnaidí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhláthnaid na bláthnaidí genitive na bláthnaide na mbláthnaidí dative leis an mbláthnaid don bhláthnaid leis na bláthnaidí

Derived terms

• bláthnaid ghallda f (“least weasel”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of bláthnaid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bláthnaid	bhláthnaid	mbláthnaid

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláthnaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bláthnait”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 71