Bablónach

Irish

Etymology

From Bablóin (“Babylon”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Bablónach (genitive singular masculine Bablónaigh, genitive singular feminine Bablónaí, plural Bablónacha, not comparable)

1. Babylonian

Declension

Declension of Bablónach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	Bablónach	Bhablónach	Bablónacha; Bhablónacha2
vocative	Bhablónaigh		Bablónacha
genitive		Bablónaí	Bablónacha	Bablónach
dative	Bablónach; Bhablónach1	Bhablónach; Bhablónaigh (archaic)	Bablónacha; Bhablónacha2
Comparative	níos Bablónaí
Superlative	is Bablónaí

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

Related terms

• An Bhablóin f (“Babylon”)
• Bablóinis f (“the Babylonian language”)

Noun

Bablónach m (genitive singular Bablónaigh, nominative plural Bablónaigh)

1. Babylonian

Declension

Declension of Bablónach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Bablónach Bablónaigh vocative a Bhablónaigh a Bhablónacha genitive Bablónaigh Bablónach dative Bablónach Bablónaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Bablónach na Bablónaigh genitive an Bhablónaigh na mBablónach dative leis an mBablónach don Bhablónach leis na Bablónaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bablónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bablónach	Bhablónach	mBablónach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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