ballach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (spot, mark) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ballach (genitive singular masculine ballaigh, genitive singular feminine ballaí, plural ballacha, comparative ballaí)

  1. spotted, blotchy, dappled, mottled, speckled

Declension

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Declension of ballach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ballach bhallach ballacha;
bhallacha2
vocative bhallaigh ballacha
genitive ballaí ballacha ballach
dative ballach;
bhallach1
bhallach;
bhallaigh (archaic)
ballacha;
bhallacha2
Comparative níos ballaí
Superlative is ballaí

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

Noun

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ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)

  1. wrasse

Declension

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Declension of ballach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ballach ballaigh
vocative a bhallaigh a bhallacha
genitive ballaigh ballach
dative ballach ballaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ballach na ballaigh
genitive an bhallaigh na mballach
dative leis an mballach
don bhallach
leis na ballaigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ballach
radical lenition eclipsis
ballach bhallach mballach

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (spot, mark) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpal̪ˠəx/
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lach

Adjective

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ballach

  1. spotted, speckled, variegated

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of ballach
radical lenition
ballach bhallach

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

Further reading

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