Baltach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An (Mhuir) Bhailt (“The Baltic (Sea)”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Baltach (genitive singular masculine Baltaigh, genitive singular feminine Baltaí, plural Baltacha, not comparable)
- Baltic (a sea in Northern Europe)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | Baltach | Bhaltach | Baltacha; Bhaltacha2 | |
| vocative | Bhaltaigh | Baltacha | ||
| genitive | Baltaí | Baltacha | Baltach | |
| dative | Baltach; Bhaltach1 |
Bhaltach; Bhaltaigh (archaic) |
Baltacha; Bhaltacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos Baltaí | |||
| Superlative | is Baltaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- An Mhuir Bhailt (“the Baltic Sea”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| Baltach | Bhaltach | mBaltach |
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) “Baltach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Baltach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024