bailbhe
Irish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish bailbe, balbae f (“silence, stillness; inarticulateness, stammering”).
Noun edit
bailbhe f (genitive singular bailbhe)
- dumbness, muteness; stammering
- Synonyms: bailbheacht, bailbhíocht, balbhántaíocht
Declension edit
Declension of bailbhe
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
bailbhe
- inflection of balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”):
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
bailbhe | bhailbhe | mbailbhe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “bailbhe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailbhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balbae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language