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 | ||
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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 | (a) bhalaich | (a) bhalacha |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
edit- (boy): gille
Hyponyms
edit- (boy): See hyponyms under gille.
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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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