bleacht

English

Verb

bleacht

  1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bleach

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blicht, from Old Irish mlicht, from Proto-Celtic *mlixtu (compare Welsh blith), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ml̥ǵtu-, from *h₂ml̥ǵ-, *h₂melǵ- (compare English milk, Latin mulgeō (“to milk”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʲlʲaxt̪ˠ/

Noun

bleacht m (genitive singular bleachta)

  1. milk, milk yield

Declension
Declension of bleacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative bleacht
Vocative a bhleacht
Genitive bleachta
Dative bleacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an bleacht
Genitive an bhleachta
Dative leis an mbleacht

don bhleacht

Synonyms

Adjective

bleacht (genitive singular feminine bleachta, plural bleachta)

  1. milch
  2. copious, abundant

Declension
Declension of bleacht
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative bleacht bhleacht bleachta;
bhleachta²
Vocative bhleacht bleachta
Genitive bleachta bleachta bleacht
Dative bleacht;
bhleacht¹		 bhleacht bleachta;
bhleachta²
Comparative níos bleachta
Superlative is bleachta

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bleacht bhleacht mbleacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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