Baltach

Irish

Alternative forms

• Bailteach

Etymology

From An (Mhuir) Bhailt (“The Baltic (Sea)”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Baltach (genitive singular masculine Baltaigh, genitive singular feminine Baltaí, plural Baltacha, not comparable)

1. Baltic (a sea in Northern Europe)

Declension

Declension of Baltach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Baltach	Bhaltach	Baltacha; Bhaltacha²
Vocative	Bhaltaigh		Baltacha
Genitive		Baltaí	Baltacha	Baltach
Dative	Baltach; Bhaltach¹	Bhaltach; Bhaltaigh (archaic)	Baltacha; Bhaltacha²
Comparative	níos Baltaí
Superlative	is Baltaí

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 Mhuir Bhailt (“the Baltic Sea”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Baltach	Bhaltach	mBaltach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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