balach

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)

  1. boy, lad
  2. (card games) jack

Declension
Declension of balach (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative balach balaich
Genitive balaich bhalach
Dative balach balaich
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (am) balach (na) balaich
Genitive (a') bhalaich (nam) balach
Dative (a') bhalach (na) balaich
Vocative (a) bhalaich (a) bhalacha

Synonyms

Hyponyms
  • (boy): See hyponyms under gille.

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
balachbhalach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Colin Mark (2003), “balach”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 57
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