balb
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin balbus (“stammering”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
balb (feminine balba, masculine plural balbs, feminine plural balbes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “balb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
balb
- dumb, silent
- stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)
- (of water, weather) still, calm
Declension edit
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | balb | balb | balb |
| Vocative | bailb* balb** | ||
| Accusative | balb | bailb | |
| Genitive | bailb | bailbe | bailb |
| Dative | balb | bailb | balb |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | bailb | balba | |
| Vocative | balbu balba† | ||
| Accusative | balbu balba† | ||
| Genitive | balb | ||
| Dative | balbaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| balb | balb pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbalb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “balb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language