Bailt

Irish

Proper noun

An Bhailt f (genitive na Bailte)

1. the Baltic (sea, region)

Declension

Declension of Bailt (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Bailt vocative a Bhailt genitive Bailte dative Bailt forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Bhailt genitive na Bailte dative leis an mBailt don Bhailt

Synonyms

• An Mhuir Bhailt (“the Baltic Sea”)

Derived terms

• Baltach (“Baltic”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Bailt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Bailt	Bhailt	mBailt

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Bhailt”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “An Bhailt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024