bachlach
Irish
Etymology
bachall + -ach
Pronunciation
- (Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈbˠɑhəl̪ˠəx/
Adjective
bachlach (genitive singular masculine bachlaigh, genitive singular feminine bachlaí, plural bachlacha)
- Alternative form of bachallach (“curly, ringleted”)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 197:
- Do bhí a ceann bachlach bán beárrtha aici, agus culath duine uasail uirthi; budh dhóigh leat gur fear í insan am san.
- She had shaved her curly blonde head and put on a gentleman’s suit; you would have thought she was a man at that time.
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 197:
Inflection
Declension of bachlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | bachlach | bhachlach | bachlacha; bhachlacha² | |
| Vocative | bhachlaigh | bachlacha | ||
| Genitive | bachlaí | bachlacha | bachlach | |
| Dative | bachlach; bhachlach¹ | bhachlach; bhachlaigh (archaic) | bachlacha; bhachlacha² | |
| Comparative | níos bachlaí | |||
| Superlative | is bachlaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bachlach | bhachlach | mbachlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “bachallach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 bachlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “baċallaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bachallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle Irish
Etymology
From bachall + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaxlax/, /ˈbaxləx/
Noun
bachlach m
- labourer, serf, bondman
- clown, churl
Derived terms
- bachlachda
- bachlachus
Descendants
- Irish: bathlach
- Scottish Gaelic: balach
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| bachlach | bachlach pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ | mbachlach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bachlach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language