balsamach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish balsamach (“fragrant”, adjective), from balsam(m) (“balsam; unguent, balm”). By surface analysis, balsam (“balsam, balm”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]balsamach (genitive singular masculine balsamaigh, genitive singular feminine balsamaí, plural balsamacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of balsamach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | balsamach | bhalsamach | balsamacha; bhalsamacha² | |
| Vocative | bhalsamaigh | balsamacha | ||
| Genitive | balsamaí | balsamacha | balsamach | |
| Dative | balsamach; bhalsamach¹ |
bhalsamach; bhalsamaigh (archaic) |
balsamacha; bhalsamacha² | |
| Comparative | níos balsamaí | |||
| Superlative | is balsamaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| balsamach | bhalsamach | mbalsamach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “balsamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balsamach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “balsamach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “balsamach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024