Bailteach

Irish

Adjective

Bailteach (genitive singular masculine Bailtigh, genitive singular feminine Bailtí, plural Bailteacha, not comparable)

1. Alternative form of Baltach (“Baltic”)

Declension

Declension of Bailteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Bailteach	Bhailteach	Bailteacha; Bhailteacha²
Vocative	Bhailtigh		Bailteacha
Genitive		Bailtí	Bailteacha	Bailteach
Dative	Bailteach; Bhailteach¹	Bhailteach; Bhailtigh (archaic)	Bailteacha; Bhailteacha²
Comparative	níos Bailtí
Superlative	is Bailtí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Bailteach	Bhailteach	mBailteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bailteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm