ballach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ballach; synchronically, ball (“spot, mark”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈbˠal̪ˠəx]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈbˠal̪ˠax], [ˈbˠal̪ˠah], [ˈbˠal̪ˠa]
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lach

Adjective

ballach (genitive singular masculine ballaigh, genitive singular feminine ballaí, plural ballacha, comparative ballaí)

  1. spotted, blotchy, dappled, mottled, speckled

Declension
Declension of ballach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ballach bhallach ballacha;
bhallacha²
Vocative bhallaigh ballacha
Genitive ballaí ballacha ballach
Dative ballach;
bhallach¹		 bhallach;
bhallaigh (archaic)		 ballacha;
bhallacha²
Comparative níos ballaí
Superlative is ballaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)

  1. wrasse

Declension
Declension of ballach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ballach ballaigh
Vocative a bhallaigh a bhallacha
Genitive ballaigh ballach
Dative ballach ballaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ballach na ballaigh
Genitive an bhallaigh na mballach
Dative leis an mballach

don bhallach

 leis na ballaigh

Mutation
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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ballach; synchronically, ball (“spot, mark”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: bal‧lach

Adjective

ballach

  1. spotted, speckled, variegated

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
ballachbhallach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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