balcóin

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare English balcony, Italian balcone, French balcon.

Noun

balcóin f (genitive singular balcóine, nominative plural balcóiní)

1. (architecture) balcony

Declension

Declension of balcóin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative balcóin balcóiní vocative a bhalcóin a bhalcóiní genitive balcóine balcóiní dative balcóin balcóiní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bhalcóin na balcóiní genitive na balcóine na mbalcóiní dative leis an mbalcóin don bhalcóin leis na balcóiní

Mutation

Mutated forms of balcóin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
balcóin	bhalcóin	mbalcóin

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) “balcóin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN