balcán

See also: Balcán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

balcán m (genitive singular balcáin, nominative plural balcáin)

1. strong, stocky, person, animal

Declension

Declension of balcán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative balcán balcáin Vocative a bhalcáin a bhalcána Genitive balcáin balcán Dative balcán balcáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an balcán na balcáin Genitive an bhalcáin na mbalcán Dative leis an mbalcán don bhalcán leis na balcáin

Derived terms

• balcánta (“strong, stocky”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balcán	bhalcán	mbalcán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balcán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN