balbhán
See also: balbhan
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish *balbán (compare Scottish Gaelic balbhan), synchronically balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”) + -án.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
balbhán m (genitive singular balbháin, nominative plural balbháin)
Declension edit
Declension of balbhán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- balbhán béice m (“puffball”)
Related terms edit
- balbhántaíocht f (“dumbness, muteness; stammering”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
balbhán | bhalbhán | mbalbhán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “balbhán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language