balach
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbalach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)
- boy, lad
- (card games) jack
Declension
editDeclension of balach (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | balach | balaich |
| Genitive | balaich | bhalach |
| Dative | balach | balaich; balachaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) balach | (na) balaich |
| Genitive | (a') bhalaich | (nam) balach |
| Dative | (a') bhalach | (na) balaich; balachaibh✝ |
| Vocative | bhalaich | bhalacha |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
edit- (boy): gille
Hyponyms
edit- (boy): See hyponyms under gille.
Derived terms
editMutation
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Colin Mark (2003) “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57