balbhán

See also: balbhan

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish balbán (compare Scottish Gaelic balbhan), synchronically balbh (“dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent”) +‎ -án.

Noun

balbhán m (genitive singular balbháin, nominative plural balbháin)

  1. dumb person, mute
  2. silent person
  3. stammerer
  4. (card games) dummy

Declension
Declension of balbhán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative balbhán balbháin
Vocative a bhalbháin a bhalbhána
Genitive balbháin balbhán
Dative balbhán balbháin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an balbhán na balbháin
Genitive an bhalbháin na mbalbhán
Dative leis an mbalbhán

don bhalbhán

 leis na balbháin

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
balbhán bhalbhán mbalbhán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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