ballánach

Irish

Etymology

From ballán (“small spot, speckle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ballánach (genitive singular masculine ballánaigh, genitive singular feminine ballánaí, plural ballánacha)

  1. tiny-speckled

Declension

Declension of ballánach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ballánach bhallánach ballánacha;
bhallánacha2
vocative bhallánaigh ballánacha
genitive ballánaí ballánacha ballánach
dative ballánach;
bhallánach1 		bhallánach;
bhallánaigh (archaic) 		ballánacha;
bhallánacha2
Comparative níos ballánaí
Superlative is ballánaí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ballánach
radical lenition eclipsis
ballánach bhallánach mballánach

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

Further reading

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