ballánach

Irish

Etymology

From ballán (“small spot, speckle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ballánach (genitive singular masculine ballánaigh, genitive singular feminine ballánaí, plural ballánacha)

1. tiny-speckled

Declension

Declension of ballánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ballánach	bhallánach	ballánacha; bhallánacha²
Vocative	bhallánaigh		ballánacha
Genitive		ballánaí	ballánacha	ballánach
Dative	ballánach; bhallánach¹	bhallánach; bhallánaigh (archaic)	ballánacha; bhallánacha²
Comparative	níos ballánaí
Superlative	is ballánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• leith bhallánach (“lemon sole”)
• scíte bhallánach (“spotted ray”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ballánach	bhallánach	mballánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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