Balcáin

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Irish

Etymology

Of Turkic origin. Compare Turkish balkan (“wooded mountain range”).

Proper noun

Na Balcáin m pl (genitive na mBalcán)

the Balkans
Synonyms: An Leithinis Bhalcánach, Na Stáit Bhalcánacha

Derived terms

Balcánach (“Balkan”, adjective)
Balcánach m (“a Balkan person”)
Leithinis na mBalcán f (“the Balkan Peninsula”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *Balcáin*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
Balcáin	Bhalcáin	mBalcáin

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

Further reading

“Balkans”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

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