bachallach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
bachallach (genitive singular masculine bachallaigh, genitive singular feminine bachallaí, plural bachallacha, comparative bachallaí)
Declension edit
Declension of bachallach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bachallach | bhachallach | bachallacha; bhachallacha² | |
| Vocative | bhachallaigh | bachallacha | ||
| Genitive | bachallaí | bachallacha | bachallach | |
| Dative | bachallach; bhachallach¹ |
bhachallach; bhachallaigh (archaic) |
bachallacha; bhachallacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bachallaí | |||
| Superlative | is bachallaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bachallach | bhachallach | mbachallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- “bachallach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 bachlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “baċallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bachallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN