balcánta

Irish

Etymology

From balcán (“strong, stocky, person, animal”) +‎ -ta (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

balcánta

strong, stocky

Derived terms

bulcánta balcánta (“sturdy and strong”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
balcánta	bhalcánta	mbalcánta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"balcánta" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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