balb

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin balbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /balv/

Adjective

balb

1. dumb, silent
2. (of speech) stammering, inarticulate, murmurous
3. (of water, weather) still, calm

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	balb	balb	balb
Vocative	bailb* balb**
Accusative	balb	bailb
Genitive	bailb	bailbe	bailb
Dative	balb	bailb	balb
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	bailb	balba
Vocative	balbu balba†
Accusative	balbu balba†
Genitive	balb
Dative	balbaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: balbh
• Manx: balloo
• Scottish Gaelic: balbh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
balb	balb pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbalb
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balb”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language