bailc

Irish

Alternative forms

• balc (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bailc, balc (“strength; fullness”), from Proto-Celtic *balko-, from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“strength”), see also Sanskrit बल (bala, “power, strength”), Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn, “better”).

Noun

bailc f (genitive singular bailce, nominative plural bailceanna)

1. downpour

   Synonym: doirteán

   bailc fearthainne ― a heavy shower

Declension

Declension of bailc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bailc bailceanna Vocative a bhailc a bhailceanna Genitive bailce bailceanna Dative bailc bailceanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhailc na bailceanna Genitive na bailce na mbailceanna Dative leis an mbailc don bhailc leis na bailceanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bailc	bhailc	mbailc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “balc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 94
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN