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balb
balb
Old Irish
Adjective
balb
- dumb, silent
- (of speech) stammering, inarticulate, murmurous
- (of water, weather) still, calm
Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| balb | balb pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbalb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “balb” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.