balach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish bachlach (clown, churl). Cognate with Rathlin Irish bachlach.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpal̪ˠəx/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧lach

Noun[edit]

balach m (genitive singular balaich, plural balaich)

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

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

  • (boy): See hyponyms under gille.

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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