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Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
baile mór m (genitive singular baile mhóir, nominative plural bailte móra)
- large town, city
1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.- She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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