balbhan
See also: balbhán
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish balbán (compare Irish balbhán); synchronically, balbh + -an.
Noun
balbhan m (genitive singular balbhain, plural balbhanan)
- mute (person unable to speak)
Related terms
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “balbán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language