blíneach

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

blíneach f (genitive singular blíní)

1. rushes (plants of the genus Juncus; their stems used as material)

   Synonyms: feag, luachair

Declension

Declension of blíneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative blíneach Vocative a bhlíneach Genitive blíní Dative blíneach blínigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhlíneach Genitive na blíní Dative leis an mblíneach leis an mblínigh (archaic, dialectal) don bhlíneach don bhlínigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
blíneach	bhlíneach	mblíneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “blíneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “blíneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024