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baileach
baileach
Irish
Adjective
baileach (genitive singular masculine bailigh, genitive singular feminine bailí, plural baileacha, comparative bailí)
Declension
Declension of baileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | baileach | baileach¹ | baileacha³ | |
| Vocative | bailigh¹ | baileach¹ | baileacha | |
| Genitive | bailigh¹ | bailí (obsolete) bailighe |
baileacha | baileach |
| Dative | baileach² | baileach¹ (archaic) bailigh¹ |
baileacha³ | |
| Comparative | bailí (obsolete) bailighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- baileachas m (“frugality, thriftiness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| baileach | bhaileach | mbaileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "baileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From bail (“thrift”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
baileach
Derived terms
- mì-bhaileach (“extravagant, profuse, unthrifty”, adjective)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| baileach | bhaileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9