bathlach

Irish

Alternative forms

• bachlach, bathalach, fathalach, fatharlach
• bathalóg (only “dilapidated building”)

Etymology

From Middle Irish bachlach (“labourer, churl”).

Pronunciation

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /ˈbˠɑhəl̪ˠəx/

Noun

bathlach m (genitive singular bathlaigh, nominative plural bathlaigh)

1. (obsolete) shepherd
2. rustic, churl
3. dilapidated, ramshackle building or other structure

Declension

Declension of bathlach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative bathlach bathlaigh vocative a bhathlaigh a bhathlacha genitive bathlaigh bathlach dative bathlach bathlaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an bathlach na bathlaigh genitive an bhathlaigh na mbathlach dative leis an mbathlach don bhathlach leis na bathlaigh

Synonyms

• (shepherd): aoire
• (rustic, churl): cábóg
• (dilapidated building): raingléis

Mutation

Mutated forms of bathlach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bathlach	bhathlach	mbathlach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “bachlach, bathalach, bathlach, báthlach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bathlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN