balb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balv/

Adjective

balb

  1. dumb, silent
  2. (of speech) stammering, inarticulate, murmurous
  3. (of water, weather) still, calm

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative balb balb balb
Vocative bailb*
balb**
Accusative balb bailb
Genitive bailb bailbe bailb
Dative balb bailb balb
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative bailb balba
Vocative balbu
balba
Accusative balbu
balba
Genitive balb
Dative balbaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
balb balb
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
mbalb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • balb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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