From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) + -ach.
ballach (genitive singular masculine ballaigh, genitive singular feminine ballaí, plural ballacha, comparative ballaí)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ballach | bhallach | ballacha; bhallacha² | |
| Vocative | bhallaigh | ballacha | ||
| Genitive | ballaí | ballacha | ballach | |
| Dative | ballach; bhallach¹ |
bhallach; bhallaigh (archaic) |
ballacha; bhallacha² | |
| Comparative | níos ballaí | |||
| Superlative | is ballaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| ballach | bhallach | mballach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Irish ballach. By surface analysis, ball (“spot, mark”) + -ach.
ballach
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| ballach | bhallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |