baileach

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish balach, bailech, bailioch (“successful, prosperous; exact”). Compare Scottish Gaelic baileach.

Adjective

baileach (genitive singular masculine bailigh, genitive singular feminine bailí, plural baileacha, comparative bailí)

  1. (mainly used adverbially) exact
  2. frugal, thrifty

Declension

Declension of baileach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative baileach bhaileach baileacha;
bhaileacha2
vocative bhailigh baileacha
genitive bailí baileacha baileach
dative baileach;
bhaileach1 		bhaileach;
bhailigh (archaic) 		baileacha;
bhaileacha2
Comparative níos bailí
Superlative is bailí

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 baileach
radical lenition eclipsis
baileach bhaileach mbaileach

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish balach, bailech, bailioch (“successful, prosperous; exact”). By surface analysis, bail (“thrift”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). Compare Irish baileach.

Adjective

baileach (genitive singular masculine bailich)

  1. thrifty, economical, frugal, careful
  2. excessive
  3. thorough, complete

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of baileach
radical lenition
baileach bhaileach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “baileach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 balach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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