balcóin

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English balcony, Italian balcone, French balcon.

Noun

balcóin f (genitive singular balcóine, nominative plural balcóiní)

1. (architecture) balcony

Declension

Declension of balcóin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative balcóin balcóiní Vocative a bhalcóin a bhalcóiní Genitive balcóine balcóiní Dative balcóin balcóiní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhalcóin na balcóiní Genitive na balcóine na mbalcóiní Dative leis an mbalcóin don bhalcóin leis na balcóiní

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balcóin	bhalcóin	mbalcóin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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