Balcánach
Appearance
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]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
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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Balcánach | Bhalcánach | mBalcánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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