balach
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)
- boy, lad
- (card games) jack
Declension
[edit]Declension of balach (type I masculine noun)
| Indefinite | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | balach | balaich |
| Genitive | balaich | bhalach |
| Dative | balach | balaich; balachaibh✝ |
| Definite | ||
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | (am) balach | (na) balaich |
| Genitive | (a') bhalaich | (nam) balach |
| Dative | (a') bhalach | (na) balaich; balachaibh✝ |
| Vocative | bhalaich | bhalacha |
✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century
Synonyms
[edit]- (boy): gille
Hyponyms
[edit]- (boy): See hyponyms under gille.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| balach | bhalach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
[edit]- Colin Mark (2003) “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57