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BLÁTHNAT

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish, Irish Mythology

Pronounced: BLAW-nit   [key]

Means "little flower" from the Irish word blath "flower" combined with a diminutive suffix. In Irish legend she was a maiden abducted and married by Cú Roí. She was rescued by Cuchulainn, who killed her husband, but she was in turn murdered by one of Cú Roí's loyal servants.
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