Balcáin

See also: balcáin

Irish

Etymology

Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).

Proper noun

Na Balcáin m pl (genitive na mBalcán)

1. the Balkans

   Synonyms: An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Na Stáit Bhalcánacha

Derived terms

• Balcánach (“Balkan”, adjective)
• Balcánach m (“a Balkan person”)
• Leithinis na mBalcán f (“the Balkan Peninsula”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Balcáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Balcáin	Bhalcáin	mBalcáin

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

Further reading

• “Balkans”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025