bailé

See also: baile

Asturian

Verb

bailé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of bailar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ballet, from French, from Italian balletto.

Noun

bailé m (genitive singular bailé, nominative plural bailéanna)

1. ballet

Declension

Declension of bailé

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bailé bailéanna Vocative a bhailé a bhailéanna Genitive bailé bailéanna Dative bailé bailéanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bailé na bailéanna Genitive an bhailé na mbailéanna Dative leis an mbailé don bhailé leis na bailéanna

Derived terms

• cailín bailé (“ballerina”, literally “ballet-girl”)
• ceol bailé (“ballet-music”)
• damhsóir bailé, rinceoir bailé (“ballet-dancer”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bailé	bhailé	mbailé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bailé”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bailé”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baiˈle/ [bai̯ˈle]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: bai‧lé

Verb

bailé

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of bailar