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Irish
Etymology
From Middle French bailli, from Old French bailif, from Vulgar Latin *baiulivus. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic bàillidh.
Pronunciation
Noun
báille m (genitive singular báille, nominative plural báillí)
- bailiff
Declension
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Further reading
- “báille”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “báille”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “báille”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 48
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “báille”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN