bleacht

English

Verb

bleacht

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

Anagrams

• Bachtel

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish blicht, from Old Irish mlicht, from Proto-Celtic *mlixtus (compare Welsh blith), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ml̥ǵtu-, from *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

• bleán
• bleánach
• crúthach
• lacht
• táirgeacht
• tál

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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 blicht”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language