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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish bachlach (“clown, churl”). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpal̪ˠəx/
- Hyphenation: ba‧lach
Noun
balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)
- boy, lad
- (card games) jack
Declension
Declension of balach (type I masculine noun)
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Synonyms
Hyponyms
- (boy): See hyponyms under gille.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| balach |
bhalach
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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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Further reading
- Colin Mark (2003) “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57