bliadhna

Irish

Noun

bliadhna

Obsolete spelling of bliana

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bliadhna	bhliadhna	mbliadhna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdanī (“year”).

Noun

bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean)

year

eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year

an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time

Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the Year of the Prince
(common name for the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising)

am bliadhna ― this year

Usage notes

Used in the singular after numerals:

Bha sinn na bliadhnaichean ann.
We were there for years.

Bha sinn ochd bliadhna ann.
We were there eight years.

Derived terms

Terms derived from bliadhna

a’ Bhliadhna Ùr (“New Year”)
am bliadhna (“this year”)
an ath bhliadhna (“next (following) year”)
an-ath-bhliadhna (“next year (after this one)”)

bliadhnail (“annual, yearly”)
bliadhna ionmhais (“financial year”)
bliadhna-leum (“leap year”)
Bliadhna Mhath Ùr (“Happy New Year”)

bliadhna mìosachain (“calendar year”)
cuimhneachan nan ceud bliadhna (“centenary”)
dà bhliadhnail (“biennial”)
Là na Bliadhna Ùire (“New Year’s Day”)

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