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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Balcáin	Bhalcáin	mBalcáin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Balkans”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024