bliadhna

== Irish == === Noun === bliadhna obsolete spelling of bliana === Mutation === == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *bleidanī (“year”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈb̥liən̪ˠə/ (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈb̥lĩɤ̃n̪ˠə/, [ˈb̥lĩʊ̃n̪ˠə] === Noun === bliadhna f (genitive singular bliadhna, plural bliadhnaichean or bliadhnachan) year eadar seo agus ceann bliadhna ― within a year an ceann bliadhna ― in a year's time Bliadhn' a' Phrionnsa ― the 1745-46 Jacobite uprising (literally, “the Year of the Prince”) 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 ==== === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “bliadhna”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language