Reconstruction:Middle Irish/balbán

This Middle Irish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From balb +‎ -án.

Noun

*balbán m

1. dumb person

Descendants

• Irish: balbhán
• Scottish Gaelic: balbhan

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language