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, no plural)

bare forms 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

Mutated forms of bailchríoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bailchríoch	bhailchríoch	mbailchríoch

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

Further reading

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