bachallach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From bachall +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bachallach (genitive singular masculine bachallaigh, genitive singular feminine bachallaí, plural bachallacha, comparative bachallaí)

  1. curly, ringleted (of hair)
    Synonym: catach

Declension

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Declension of bachallach
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

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Mutated forms of bachallach
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

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  1. ^ bachallach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 191

Further reading

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