blein

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bleine. Cognate with English (deprecated template usage) blain.

Pronunciation

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Noun

blein f (plural bleinen, diminutive bleintje n)

1. blister

Synonyms

• (blister): blaar, blaasje

Derived terms

• bleinroos
• bloedblein

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish blíadain, from Proto-Celtic *blēdan- (“year”).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [blʲeːnʲ], [blʲiᵈn]

Noun

blein f (genitive singular bleeaney, plural bleeantyn)

1. year

   Cha vel mee er n'akin eh rish bleeantyn liauyrey.

   I haven't set eyes on him for years.

   Niartee y graih oc car ny bleeantyn.

   Their love deepened through the years.

   Ta ny bleeantyn tayrn er gerrey.

   The years draw nigh.

Derived terms

• bleinoil (“annual, yearly”)

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “bliadain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /bleˈin/

Noun

blein (uncountable bleins)

1. blindness

Declension

declension of blein

	singular
nominative	blein
genitive	bleina
dative	bleine
accusative	bleini
vocative 1	o blein!
predicative 2	bleinu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only