bleaist

Irish

Etymology

From English blast, from Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʲlʲaʃtʲ/

Noun

bleaist f (genitive singular bleaiste, nominative plural bleaisteanna)

1. blast (violent gust of wind)

   Synonyms: rois, soinneán

Declension

Declension of bleaist

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bleaist bleaista Vocative a bhleaist a bhleaista Genitive bleaiste bleaist Dative bleaist bleaista

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhleaist na bleaista Genitive na bleaiste na mbleaist Dative leis an mbleaist don bhleaist leis na bleaista

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bleaist	bhleaist	mbleaist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “bleaist”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bleaist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “bleaist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024