Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish bachlach (clown, churl). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

  1. boy, lad
  2. (card games) jack

Declension

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Synonyms

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Hyponyms

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  • (boy): See hyponyms under gille.

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
balach bhalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57