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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Noun

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ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)

  1. wrasse

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ballach bhallach mballach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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