bailchríoch

Irish

Etymology

From bail (“success”) +‎ críoch (“end”)

Noun

bailchríoch f (genitive singular bailchríche)

1. finishing touch, culmination
2. grand finale
3. finish (protective coating)

Declension

Declension of bailchríoch

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative bailchríoch Vocative a bhailchríoch Genitive bailchríche Dative bailchríoch bailchrích (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an bhailchríoch Genitive na bailchríche Dative leis an mbailchríoch leis an mbailchrích (archaic, dialectal) don bhailchríoch don bhailchrích (archaic, dialectal)

Synonyms

• (finishing touch): dlaoi mhullaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bailchríoch	bhailchríoch	mbailchríoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bailchríoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN