ballánach

Irish

Etymology

From ballán (“small spot, speckle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ballánach (genitive singular masculine ballánaigh, genitive singular feminine ballánaí, plural ballánacha)

1. tiny-speckled

Declension

Declension of ballánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ballánach	bhallánach	ballánacha; bhallánacha2
vocative	bhallánaigh		ballánacha
genitive		ballánaí	ballánacha	ballánach
dative	ballánach; bhallánach1	bhallánach; bhallánaigh (archaic)	ballánacha; bhallánacha2
Comparative	níos ballánaí
Superlative	is ballánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• leith bhallánach (“lemon sole”)
• scíte bhallánach (“spotted ray”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ballánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ballánach	bhallánach	mballánach

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