i mbliana
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish i mblíadnai, the preposition i (“in”) and the long dative of blíadain (“year”). Compare Scottish Gaelic am bliadhna, Manx mleeaney, myleeaney, Cornish hevleni, Welsh eleni.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editReferences
edit- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 215, page 110
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 237, page 87