Balcánach

Irish

Etymology

From Na Balcáin (“Balkans”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Balcánach (genitive singular masculine Balcánaigh, genitive singular feminine Balcánaí, plural Balcánacha, not comparable)

1. Balkan

Declension

Declension of Balcánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Balcánach	Bhalcánach	Balcánacha; Bhalcánacha²
Vocative	Bhalcánaigh		Balcánacha
Genitive		Balcánaí	Balcánacha	Balcánach
Dative	Balcánach; Bhalcánach¹	Bhalcánach; Bhalcánaigh (archaic)	Balcánacha; Bhalcánacha²
Comparative	níos Balcánaí
Superlative	is Balcánaí

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

Derived terms

• An Leithinis Bhalcánach f (“the Balkan Peninsula”)
• Na Stáit Bhalcánacha m pl (“the Balkan States”)

 

Noun

Balcánach m (genitive singular Balcánaigh, nominative plural Balcánaigh)

1. a Balkan person

Declension

Declension of Balcánach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Balcánach Balcánaigh Vocative a Bhalcánaigh a Bhalcánacha Genitive Balcánaigh Balcánach Dative Balcánach Balcánaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Balcánach na Balcánaigh Genitive an Bhalcánaigh na mBalcánach Dative leis an mBalcánach don Bhalcánach leis na Balcánaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Balcánach	Bhalcánach	mBalcánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Balcánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Balcánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024