balcánta

Irish

Etymology

From balcán (“strong, stocky, person, animal”) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

balcánta

1. strong, stocky

Derived terms

• bulcánta balcánta (“sturdy and strong”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balcánta	bhalcánta	mbalcánta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balcánta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN