balach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈb̥al̪ˠəx/, [ˈb̥ɑl̪ˠəx][1]
  • (Harris) IPA(key): /ˈb̥alˠəx/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lach

Noun

balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

  1. boy, lad
  2. (card games) jack

Declension

Declension of balach (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative balach balaich
genitive balaich bhalach
dative balach balaich; balachaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) balach (na) balaich
genitive (a') bhalaich (nam) balach
dative (a') bhalach (na) balaich; balachaibh✝
vocative bhalaich bhalacha

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (boy): See hyponyms under gille.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of balach
radical lenition
balach bhalach

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Colin Mark (2003) “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57
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