Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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bachlach (genitive singular masculine bachlaigh, genitive singular feminine bachlaí, plural bachlacha)

  1. Alternative form of bachallach (curly, ringleted)
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:
      Do bhí a ceann bachlach bán beárrtha aici, agus culath duine uasail uirthi; budh dhóigh leat gur fear í insan am san.
      She had shaved her curly blonde head and put on a gentleman’s suit; you would have thought she was a man at that time.
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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bachlach m (genitive singular bachlaigh, nominative plural bachlaigh)

  1. Alternative form of bathlach (clumsy person; dilapidated building)
Declension
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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bachlach bhachlach mbachlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 191

Middle Irish

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Etymology

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From bachall +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaxlax/, /ˈbaxləx/

Noun

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bachlach m

  1. labourer, serf, bondman
  2. clown, churl

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: bathlach
  • Scottish Gaelic: balach

Mutation

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Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bachlach bachlach
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
mbachlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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