From ballán (“small spot, speckle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
ballánach (genitive singular masculine ballánaigh, genitive singular feminine ballánaí, plural ballánacha)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | ballánach | bhallánach | ballánacha; bhallánacha2 | |
vocative | bhallánaigh | ballánacha | ||
genitive | ballánaí | ballánacha | ballánach | |
dative | ballánach; bhallánach1 |
bhallánach; bhallánaigh (archaic) |
ballánacha; bhallánacha2 | |
Comparative | níos ballánaí | |||
Superlative | is ballánaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ballánach | bhallánach | mballánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.