Balcánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Na Balcáin (“Balkans”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]Balcánach (genitive singular masculine Balcánaigh, genitive singular feminine Balcánaí, plural Balcánacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Balcánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Balcánach | Bhalcánach | Balcánacha; Bhalcánacha² | |
Vocative | Bhalcánaigh | Balcánacha | ||
Genitive | Balcánaí | Balcánacha | Balcánach | |
Dative | Balcánach; Bhalcánach¹ |
Bhalcánach; Bhalcánaigh (archaic) |
Balcánacha; Bhalcánacha² | |
Comparative | níos Balcánaí | |||
Superlative | is Balcánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- An Leithinis Bhalcánach f (“the Balkan Peninsula”)
- Na Stáit Bhalcánacha m pl (“the Balkan States”)
Noun
[edit]Balcánach m (genitive singular Balcánaigh, nominative plural Balcánaigh)
- a Balkan person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Balcánach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Balcánach | Bhalcánach | mBalcánach |
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) “Balcánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Balcánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024