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i mbliana

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish i mblíadnai, the preposition i (“in”) and the long dative of blíadain (“year”). Compare Scottish Gaelic am bliadhna, Manx mleeaney, myleeaney, Cornish hevleni, Welsh eleni.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ə ˈmʲlʲiən̪ˠə/[1], /ə ˈmʲlʲiənˠə/[2]

Adverb

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i mbliana

  1. this year

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87
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