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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bathlach	bhathlach	mbathlach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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