balb
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin balbus (“stammering”). Doublet of bovo.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]balb (feminine balba, masculine plural balbs, feminine plural balbes)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “balb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “balb”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “balb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “balb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]balb
- dumb, silent
- stammering, inarticulate, murmurous (of speech)
- (of water, weather) still, calm
Declension
[edit]o/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | balb | balb | balb |
Vocative | bailb* balb** | ||
Accusative | balb | bailb | |
Genitive | bailb | bailbe | bailb |
Dative | balb | bailb | balb |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | bailb | balba | |
Vocative | balbu balba† | ||
Accusative | balbu balba† | ||
Genitive | balb | ||
Dative | balbaib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Descendants
[edit]Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | nasalization |
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balb | balb pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbalb |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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