Balcánach

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Irish

Etymology

From Na Balcáin (“Balkans”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Balcánach (genitive singular masculine Balcánaigh, genitive singular feminine Balcánaí, plural Balcánacha, not comparable)

  1. Balkan

Declension

Declension of Balcánach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative Balcánach Bhalcánach Balcánacha;
Bhalcánacha2
vocative Bhalcánaigh Balcánacha
genitive Balcánaí Balcánacha Balcánach
dative Balcánach;
Bhalcánach1 		Bhalcánach;
Bhalcánaigh (archaic) 		Balcánacha;
Bhalcánacha2
Comparative níos Balcánaí
Superlative is Balcánaí

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

Noun

Balcánach m (genitive singular Balcánaigh, nominative plural Balcánaigh)

  1. a Balkan person

Declension

Declension of Balcánach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative Balcánach Balcánaigh
vocative a Bhalcánaigh a Bhalcánacha
genitive Balcánaigh Balcánach
dative Balcánach Balcánaigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an Balcánach na Balcánaigh
genitive an Bhalcánaigh na mBalcánach
dative leis an mBalcánach
don Bhalcánach 		leis na Balcánaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Balcánach
radical lenition eclipsis
Balcánach Bhalcánach mBalcánach

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

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