bailc

Irish

Alternative forms

• balc (Ulster)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bailc, balc (“strength; fullness”), from Proto-Celtic *balko-, from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“strength”), see also Sanskrit बल (bala, “power, strength”), Ancient Greek βελτίων (beltíōn, “better”).

Noun

bailc f (genitive singular bailce, nominative plural bailceanna)

1. downpour

   Synonym: doirteán

   bailc fearthainne ― a heavy shower

Declension

Declension of bailc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bailc bailceanna vocative a bhailc a bhailceanna genitive bailce bailceanna dative bailc bailceanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhailc na bailceanna genitive na bailce na mbailceanna dative leis an mbailc don bhailc leis na bailceanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of bailc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bailc	bhailc	mbailc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “balc”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 94
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN