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bligh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish bligid, from Old Irish mligid, from Proto-Celtic *mligeti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bligh (present analytic blíonn, future analytic blífidh, verbal noun bleán, past participle blite)

  1. to milk (a cow, goat etc.)
    Synonym: crúigh

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of bligh
radical lenition eclipsis
bligh bhligh mbligh

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

References

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  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 47

Further reading

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