balbhan
See also: balbhán
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish *balbán (compare Irish balbhán). By surface analysis, balbh + -an.
Noun
[edit]balbhan m (genitive singular balbhain, plural balbhanan)
- mute (person unable to speak)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language