baile mór
See also: baile mòr
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˌbˠalʲə ˈmˠoːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˌbˠalʲə ˈmˠɔːɾˠ/
Noun
baile mór m (genitive singular baile mhóir, nominative plural bailte móra)
- large town, city
- 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:
- Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.
- She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.
- 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:
Declension
Declension of baile mór
Fourth declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
baile mór | bhaile mór | mbaile mór |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 59.
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “baile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN