balbhán

See also: balbhan

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *balbán (compare Scottish Gaelic balbhan), synchronically balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɔlˠəwanˠ/, /ˈbˠɔl̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/[1] (as if spelled bolbhán)

Noun

balbhán m (genitive singular balbháin, nominative plural balbháin)

  1. dumb person, mute
  2. silent person
  3. stammerer
  4. (card games) dummy

Declension

Declension of balbhán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative balbhán balbháin
vocative a bhalbháin a bhalbhána
genitive balbháin balbhán
dative balbhán balbháin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an balbhán na balbháin
genitive an bhalbháin na mbalbhán
dative leis an mbalbhán
don bhalbhán 		leis na balbháin

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of balbhán
radical lenition eclipsis
balbhán bhalbhán mbalbhán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 54

Further reading

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