bachallach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bachallach (genitive singular masculine bachallaigh, genitive singular feminine bachallaí, plural bachallacha, comparative bachallaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | bachallach | bhachallach | bachallacha; bhachallacha2 | |
| vocative | bhachallaigh | bachallacha | ||
| genitive | bachallaí | bachallacha | bachallach | |
| dative | bachallach; bhachallach1 |
bhachallach; bhachallaigh (archaic) |
bachallacha; bhachallacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos bachallaí | |||
| Superlative | is bachallaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| bachallach | bhachallach | mbachallach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “bachallach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 191
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 bachlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “baċallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bachallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN