bláth

From Old Irish bláth,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠl̪ˠɑːh/^[2]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠɑː/, /bˠl̪ˠɑː/^[3]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠlˠaː/, /bˠl̪ˠaː/^[4]

bláth m (genitive singular blátha, nominative plural bláthanna)

1. flower

• plúr

• bláfar (“blooming, beautiful; tidy; demure; florid”, adjective)
• bláthach (“flowery”, adjective)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bláth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *blātus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”).

• IPA^(key): [blaːθ]

bláth m

1. flower
2. blossom
3. bloom

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	bláth	bláthL	bláthae
Vocative	bláth	bláthL	bláthu
Accusative	bláthN	bláthL	bláthu
Genitive	bláthoH, bláthaH	blátho, blátha	bláthaeN
Dative	bláthL	bláthaib	bláthaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: bláth
• Manx: blaa
• Scottish Gaelic: blàth

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bláth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language