blaen
Welsh
Etymology
Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to throw”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /blaːɨ̯n/
- (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /blai̯n/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /blaːn/
- Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n
Derived terms
Adjective
blaen (feminine singular blaen, plural blaen, equative blaened, comparative blaenach, superlative blaenaf)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| blaen | flaen | mlaen | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 215 iii (10)
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