balbhan

See also: balbhán

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balbán (compare Irish balbhán). By surface analysis, balbh +‎ -an.

Noun

balbhan m (genitive singular balbhain, plural balbhanan)

1. mute (person unable to speak)

Related terms

• balbh
• balbhachd

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language