Bablónach

Irish

Etymology

From Bablóin (“Babylon”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Bablónach (genitive singular masculine Bablónaigh, genitive singular feminine Bablónaí, plural Bablónacha, not comparable)

1. Babylonian

Declension

Declension of Bablónach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bablónach	Bhablónach	Bablónacha; Bhablónacha²
Vocative	Bhablónaigh		Bablónacha
Genitive		Bablónaí	Bablónacha	Bablónach
Dative	Bablónach; Bhablónach¹	Bhablónach; Bhablónaigh (archaic)	Bablónacha; Bhablónacha²
Comparative	níos Bablónaí
Superlative	is Bablónaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• An Bhablóin f (“Babylon”)
• Bablóinis f (“the Babylonian language”)

Noun

Bablónach m (genitive singular Bablónaigh, nominative plural Bablónaigh)

1. Babylonian

Declension

Declension of Bablónach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Bablónach Bablónaigh Vocative a Bhablónaigh a Bhablónacha Genitive Bablónaigh Bablónach Dative Bablónach Bablónaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Bablónach na Bablónaigh Genitive an Bhablónaigh na mBablónach Dative leis an mBablónach don Bhablónach leis na Bablónaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bablónach	Bhablónach	mBablónach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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